Manjaro install gets stuck at 90% (MacBook Air 2020)

[NoNameJr245]

Whenever I try to install Manjaro KDE Plasma by replacing an ext4 partition, both the screen and the installation freeze. The install gets stuck at the “Install Bootloader” screen at 90% about everytime, and I have no idea what to do. I also should have disabled the features of the t2 chip, and am booting via an SD card connected to a USB hub. I’ve installed xfce on a Windows laptop successfully, but can’t get it to work on my 2020 MacBook Air.16029655846471494323422|690x388

Edit:
The mouse light stays on, but it won’t do anything. Also time isn’t changing.

[megavolt]

It is a common issue on apple devices when installing grub. Grub needs a special installation: Mac - ArchWiki However… I never did such a installation and therefore can’t help you with that.

[NoNameJr245]

Mmk thanks! I’ll look into it and update you if I manage.

[NoNameJr245]

[manjaro@manjaro ~]$ mount -a
[manjaro@manjaro ~]$ genfstab -U /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab
bash: /mnt/etc/fstab: No such file or directory
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I’ve reached to https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Installation_guide#Configure_the_system, but it’s not seeing the directory. The partition should be mounted to /mnt. Is there something I’m missing? Sorry if it’s something simple.

[megavolt]

You actually try to use the arch installation guide, but there are differences to manjaro. Here is a guide for a manual manjaro installation:

[root tip] Do a manual Manjaro installation

Difficulty: ★★★☆☆ Install Manjaro using CLI only This is how you install Manjaro using the terminal. The guide can also be used to install an Arch Linux - just substitute the arch equivalent (linux or linux-lts, pacstrap and arch-chroot) On bare-metal use CtrlAltF4 On VirtualBox use RightCtrlF4 This guide is intended as a reference for basics abstracted by the Architect framework (Steps not guaranteed to be the same order). The guide can be applied as a virtual machine or hardware. Overvi…

Your need to mount the partition correctly:

@linux-aarhus

5. Mounting

Before we install the base system we need to mount the devices. First we mount the root system - using the folder /mnt for the temporary mount, then we make folders for /boot/efi and /home .

# mount /dev/sda3 /mnt
# mkdir -p /mnt/boot/efi
# mkdir -p /mnt/home

Verify your folder structure

# find /mnt -type d
/mnt
/mnt/home
/mnt/boot
/mnt/boot/efi

Mount the efi and home partition

# mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/boot/efi
# mount /dev/sda4 /mnt/home

Verify your mounts

# lsblk
NAME   MAJ:MIN RM   SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
loop0    7:0    0  52.5M  1 loop /run/miso/sfs/livefs
loop0    7:1    0 501.3M  1 loop /run/miso/sfs/rootfs
sda      8:0    0   128G  0 disk 
├─sda1   8:1    0   300M  0 part /mnt/boot/efi
├─sda2   8:2    0     2G  0 part
├─sda3   8:3    0    32G  0 part /mnt
└─sdc4   8:4    0  93.7G  0 part /mnt/home
sr0     11:0    1 617.4M  0 rom  /run/miso/bootmnt