The problem is probably due to incorrect BIOS UEFI settings. I have no previous experience with UEFI; my research doesn’t show much because I can’t ask a proper question, I think.
Manjaro Linux Installer greeting message:
[X] There is not enough drive space. At least 7.9 GiB is required.
[X] There are no partitions to install on.
Indeed,
$ sudo fdisk -l
shows /dev/sda the size of 7.22 GiB (my USB stick?), nothing else. This can’t really be true, because the laptop is good enough to boot into Windows, which I want to completely replace with Manjaro.
BIOS settings:
Boot Sequence:
[v] Windows Boot Manager
[v] UEFI: USB DISK 2.0 PMAP
[v] UEFI: USB DISK 2.0 PMAP, Partition 2
Boot List Option: UEFI
Drives:
[v] SATA-0
[v] M.2 PCIe SSD-0
[v] SATA-2
All I can guess is that my actual drive is SSD-0, and it’s enabled. Probably this isn’t enough. What do I have to do to satisfy my Manjaro Linux Installer?
I think you’ve got to make sure in BIO9S/UEFI that it is in AHCI mode(? unsure if this is the correct name) and that software-raid as well as secure boot and fast boot, if it’s there, is disabled.