Bootloader installation error installing Manjaro 21.1.6 KDE

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I am trying to install Manjaro 21.1.6 KDE on my new laptop, a Dell G15. I have Windows 11 pre-installed in the SSD that came with it, and I install a second SSD where I 'm trying to install Manjaro and I got the same error as in this other topic:

bootloader-installation-error-manjaro-21-1-6-kde/88485:

Bootloader installation error
The bootloader could not be installed. The installation command
grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot/efi --bootloader-id=Manjaro --force
returned error code 1.

I try to run sudo calamares but got in the same error. I’m not a linux ninja but I have Manjaro running in another laptop (Dell Inspiron intel) and a Desktop (custom build AMD). But this is the first time I try dual boot and the first time having problems installing Manjaro. Any help will be appreciated.

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That error basically means that the UEFI don’t permit to create a boot entry. Must be related to the UEFI Settings.

$ LANG=C errno 1
EPERM 1 Operation not permitted
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Thanks, I got that far, but is there a way to fix it?

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Please a bit more information about your system:

inxi --full --admin --filter --width 80 --color=0

sudo parted -l 

test -d /sys/firmware/efi && echo efi || echo bios

efibootmgr -v

:wink:

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To install Manjaro you have to disable Secure Boot in your firmware.

Also, make sure to fully shutdown Windoze by disabling Fast Startup in Windoze.

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Thanks! I will post that in a bit.

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Thanks, I did that before try to install.

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this is the output from the inxi command (I took off Audio, Network and bluetooth):

System: 
 Host: manjaro Kernel: 5.13.19-2-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc 
 v: 11.1.0 
 parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-x86_64 lang=en_US keytable=us tz=UTC 
 misobasedir=manjaro misolabel=MANJARO_KDE_2116 quiet systemd.show_status=1 
 apparmor=1 security=apparmor driver=nonfree nouveau.modeset=0 i915.modeset=1 
 radeon.modeset=1 
 Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.22.5 tk: Qt 5.15.2 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1 dm: SDDM 
 Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux 
Machine: 
 Type: Laptop System: Dell product: Dell G15 5515 v: 1.4.0 
 serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 v: 1.4.0 
 serial: <superuser required> 
 Mobo: Dell model: 066VKM v: A00 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: Dell 
 v: 1.4.0 date: 07/20/2021 
Battery: 
 ID-1: BAT1 charge: 86.0 Wh (100.0%) condition: 86.0/86.0 Wh (100.0%) 
 volts: 13.1 min: 11.4 model: Simplo 0x46,0x39,0x35,0x41,0x0B,0x0A,0x0005 
 type: Li-ion serial: 0005 status: Full 
CPU: 
 Info: 8-Core model: AMD Ryzen 7 5800H with Radeon Graphics bits: 64 
 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 3 family: 19 (25) model-id: 50 (80) stepping: 0 
 microcode: A50000C cache: L2: 4 MiB 
 flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm 
 bogomips: 102241 
 Speed: 1197 MHz min/max: 1200/3200 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz): 
 1: 1197 2: 1197 3: 1197 4: 1197 5: 1197 6: 1195 7: 1450 8: 1197 9: 1197 
 10: 1197 11: 1197 12: 1197 13: 1396 14: 1397 15: 1197 16: 1197 
Graphics: 
 Device-1: NVIDIA GA106M [GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile / Max-Q] vendor: Dell 
 driver: nvidia v: 470.63.01 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm bus-ID: 01:00.0 
 chip-ID: 10de:2560 class-ID: 0300 
 Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.13 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: 
 loaded: nvidia display-ID: :0 screens: 1 
 Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 143 s-size: 341x191mm (13.4x7.5") 
 s-diag: 391mm (15.4") 
 Monitor-1: DP-0 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 142 size: 344x194mm (13.5x7.6") 
 diag: 395mm (15.5") 
 OpenGL: renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU/PCIe/SSE2 
 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 470.63.01 direct render: Yes 
Drives: 
 Local Storage: total: 1.4 TiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) 
 SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required. 
 ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:5 vendor: A-Data model: IM2P33F3A NVMe 512GB 
 size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s 
 lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: DL402J32Y6NK rev: 92103061 temp: 29.9 C 
 scheme: GPT 
 ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:1 vendor: Seagate 
 model: XPG GAMMIX S70 BLADE size: 953.87 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B 
 logical: 512 B type: SSD serial: 2L3929A8KKLR rev: 3.2.F.2A scheme: GPT 
 ID-3: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 type: USB model: USB DISK 2.0 size: 7.21 GiB 
 block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: N/A 
 serial: 07086B96441C4C69 rev: PMAP scheme: MBR 
 SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure? 
Partition: 
 Message: No partition data found. 
Swap: 
 Alert: No swap data was found. 
Sensors: 
 Message: No sensor data found. Is lm-sensors configured? 
Info: 
 Processes: 359 Uptime: 4m wakeups: 302 Memory: 62.66 GiB 
 used: 3.01 GiB (4.8%) Init: systemd v: 249 tool: systemctl Compilers: 
 gcc: N/A Packages: pacman: 1229 lib: 331 flatpak: 0 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.8 
 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.07

this from parted -l:

Model:  USB DISK 2.0 (scsi) 
Disk /dev/sda: 7745MB 
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B 
Partition Table: msdos 
Disk Flags:  

Number  Start   End     Size    Type     File system  Flags 
2      3475MB  3479MB  4194kB  primary               esp 

Model: IM2P33F3A NVMe ADATA 512GB (nvme) 
Disk /dev/nvme0n1: 512GB 
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B 
Partition Table: gpt 
Disk Flags:  

Number  Start   End    Size    File system  Name                          Flags 
1      1049kB  158MB  157MB   fat32        EFI system partition          boot, esp 
2      158MB   293MB  134MB                Microsoft reserved partition  msftres 
3      293MB   493GB  492GB                Basic data partition          msftdata 
4      493GB   494GB  1038MB  ntfs                                       hidden, diag 
5      494GB   511GB  16.9GB  ntfs                                       hidden, diag 
6      511GB   512GB  1452MB  ntfs                                       hidden, diag

I wanto to install Manjaro in this ssd:

Model: XPG GAMMIX S70 BLADE (nvme) 
Disk /dev/nvme1n1: 1024GB 
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B 
Partition Table: gpt 
Disk Flags:  

Number  Start   End     Size    File system     Name  Flags 
1      2097kB  317MB   315MB   fat32                 boot, esp 
2      317MB   1015GB  1014GB  ext4            root 
3      1015GB  1024GB  9449MB  linux-swap(v1)        swap

This is test -d:

test -d /sys/firmware/efi && echo efi || echo bios 
efi

and finally, efibootmgr:

Timeout: 0 seconds 
BootOrder: 0005,0000,0001 
Boot0000* EFI PXE 0 for IPv4 (60-18-95-34-37-66)        PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1,0x3)/Pci(0x0,0x0)/MAC(601895343766,0)/IPv4(0.0.0.00.0.0.0,0,0)RC
Boot0001* EFI PXE 0 for IPv6 (60-18-95-34-37-66)        PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1,0x3)/Pci(0x0,0x0)/MAC(601895343766,0)/IPv6([::]:<->[::]:,0,0)RC 
Boot0005* Windows Boot Manager  HD(1,GPT,0a6b0f22-02f6-4aee-88b0-8d3c24b2b12a,0x800,0x4b000)/File(\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi)WINDOWS.........x...B.C.D.
O.B.J.E.C.T.=.{.9.d.e.a.8.6.2.c.-.5.c.d.d.-.4.e.7.0.-.a.c.c.1.-.f.3.2.b.3.4.4.d.4.7.9.5.}....................

sorry for the amount of info…

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This kernel is EOL, you should install another still supported kernel and remove 5.13 afterwards. If it’s from live ISO boot then try to download a fresher ISO.

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Try to install version 21.0.7
Starting from 21.1.0 I have the same installation error.

Failed to install bootloader

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Well, everything looks correct to me… What could be possible is that only the first drive can be addressed for booting (the UEFI could be restricted in such a way). So you need to add a second EFI Partition on /dev/nvme0n1 (instead of /dev/nvme1n1) which will be used for Manjaro or use the EFI Partition of Windows (on your own risk).

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I would like tot hank you all, specially megavolt for the help!! The problem was indeed the UEFI restriction to boot from the 2 ssds, only the first one is for boot. I install manjaro in the same ssd as windows and all went smoothly.
thank you so much again!!!

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