Failed to create partition

Support
1

Hello

This topic follows on from a previous one which I posted:

My current configuration is as follows:
sda1: 8 GiB, Windows page file
sda2: Windows user folders (essentially Windows’ version of /home)

sdd1: 100 MiB EFI partition, automatically created by Windows
sdd2: 16 MiB Microsoft reserved partition, automatically created by Windows
sdd3: Windows 10 Pro installation
sdd4: 513 MiB partition, automatically created by Windows (for recovery?)

I used this guide for reference:

I partition my drives thusly:
sdb1: /boot
sdb2: / (root)

sdc1: 8 GiB swap
sdc2: /home

My problem occurs after the Summary screen, during the actual partitioning process:

Screenshot_20200923_140537
Screenshot_20200923_1405371026×590 101 KB

How do I solve this problem?

Thank you

2

It seems like you are having disk errors.

Are you installing in BIOS mode? Because the guide is targeted EFI system - not bios systems.

3

or you can create partitions with gparted before install

but efi exists as sdd1 , win and manjaro use the same partition :wink:

@linux-aarhus why create in tuto this partition if window is installed ?

4

with USB iso manjaro
open a terminal and a browser on this topic
and returns

inxi -Fza 
sudo parted -l
sudo efibootmgr -v
test -d /sys/firmware/efi && echo efi || echo bios
5

@linux-aarhus It’s a UEFI based system running in UEFI mode.

@papajoke Thank you for pointing that out. I shall remove it.

@stephane:

[manjaro@manjaro ~]$ inxi -Fza
System:
  Kernel: 5.8.6-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A 
  parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-x86_64 lang=en_GB keytable=gb 
  tz=Europe/London driver=nonfree nouveau.modeset=0 i915.modeset=1 
  radeon.modeset=1 misobasedir=manjaro misolabel=MANJARO_KDE_201 quiet 
  systemd.show_status=1 apparmor=1 security=apparmor 
  Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.19.5 tk: Qt 5.15.0 wm: kwin_x11 dm: SDDM 
  Distro: Manjaro Linux 
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: Gigabyte product: N/A v: N/A serial: <filter> 
  Chassis: type: 3 serial: <filter> 
  Mobo: Gigabyte model: 990FXA-UD5 serial: <filter> 
  UEFI: American Megatrends v: FC date: 06/24/2015 
CPU:
  Topology: 8-Core model: AMD FX-8350 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Bulldozer 
  family: 15 (21) model-id: 2 stepping: N/A microcode: 6000852 
  L2 cache: 2048 KiB 
  flags: avx lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm 
  bogomips: 64322 
  Speed: 1403 MHz min/max: 1400/4000 MHz boost: enabled 
  Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1404 2: 1403 3: 1405 4: 1402 5: 1403 6: 1405 
  7: 1405 8: 1407 
  Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected 
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected 
  Type: mds status: Not affected 
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected 
  Type: spec_store_bypass 
  mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp 
  Type: spectre_v1 
  mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization 
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Full AMD retpoline, IBPB: conditional, 
  STIBP: disabled, RSB filling 
  Type: srbds status: Not affected 
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GP104 [GeForce GTX 1070] vendor: Micro-Star MSI 
  driver: nvidia v: 450.66 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm bus ID: 01:00.0 
  chip ID: 10de:1b81 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.8 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: nvidia 
  display ID: :0 screens: 1 
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3840x1080 s-dpi: 94 s-size: 1038x292mm (40.9x11.5") 
  s-diag: 1078mm (42.5") 
  Monitor-1: HDMI-0 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 69 
  size: 708x398mm (27.9x15.7") diag: 812mm (32") 
  Monitor-2: DP-3 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 102 
  size: 478x269mm (18.8x10.6") diag: 548mm (21.6") 
  Monitor-3: DP-4 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 96 
  size: 509x286mm (20.0x11.3") diag: 584mm (23") 
  OpenGL: renderer: GeForce GTX 1070/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 450.66 
  direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: AMD SBx00 Azalia vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel 
  v: kernel bus ID: 00:14.2 chip ID: 1002:4383 
  Device-2: NVIDIA GP104 High Definition Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI 
  driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.1 chip ID: 10de:10f0 
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.8.6-1-MANJARO 
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet 
  vendor: Gigabyte driver: r8169 v: kernel port: b000 bus ID: 05:00.0 
  chip ID: 10ec:8168 
  IF: enp5s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 5.47 TiB used: 677.1 MiB (0.0%) 
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required. 
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Seagate model: ST3750640AS size: 698.63 GiB 
  block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 1.5 Gb/s 
  serial: <filter> rev: E scheme: MBR 
  ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Samsung model: SSD 860 EVO 250GB 
  size: 232.89 GiB block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B 
  speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter> rev: 4B6Q scheme: GPT 
  ID-3: /dev/sdc vendor: Samsung model: HD642JJ size: 596.17 GiB 
  block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s 
  serial: <filter> rev: 1113 scheme: MBR 
  ID-4: /dev/sdd vendor: Samsung model: SSD 860 EVO 250GB 
  size: 232.89 GiB block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B 
  speed: <unknown> serial: <filter> rev: 4B6Q scheme: GPT 
  ID-5: /dev/sde vendor: Western Digital model: WD40EZRX-00SPEB0 
  size: 3.64 TiB block size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B 
  speed: <unknown> rotation: 5400 rpm serial: <filter> rev: 0A80 
  scheme: GPT 
  ID-6: /dev/sdf type: USB vendor: SanDisk model: Ultra size: 114.61 GiB 
  block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B serial: <filter> rev: 1.00 
  scheme: MBR 
  SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure? 
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw size: N/A size: 17.63 GiB used: 677.1 MiB (3.8%) 
  fs: overlay source: ERR-102 
Swap:
  Alert: No Swap data was found. 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 18.8 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 56 C 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 0% 
Info:
  Processes: 248 Uptime: 1h 45m Memory: 23.51 GiB used: 2.03 GiB (8.6%) 
  Init: systemd v: 246 Compilers: gcc: N/A Packages: pacman: 1188 
  lib: 313 flatpak: 0 Shell: Bash v: 5.0.18 running in: konsole 
  inxi: 3.1.05

[manjaro@manjaro ~]$ sudo parted -l

Model: ATA ST3750640AS (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 750GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Disk Flags: 

Number  Start   End    Size    Type     File system  Flags
 1      1049kB  742GB  742GB   primary  ntfs         boot
 2      742GB   750GB  8590MB  primary  ntfs


Model: ATA Samsung SSD 860 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 250GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt
Disk Flags: 

Number  Start   End    Size   File system  Name  Flags
 1      1049kB  538MB  537MB  fat32              msftdata
 2      538MB   250GB  250GB  ext4


Model: ATA SAMSUNG HD642JJ (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdc: 640GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Disk Flags: 

Number  Start  End  Size  Type  File system  Flags


Model: ATA Samsung SSD 860 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdd: 250GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt
Disk Flags: 

Number  Start   End    Size    File system  Name                          Flags
 1      1049kB  106MB  105MB   fat32        EFI system partition          boot, esp
 2      106MB   123MB  16.8MB               Microsoft reserved partition  msftres
 3      123MB   250GB  249GB   ntfs         Basic data partition          msftdata
 4      250GB   250GB  538MB   ntfs                                       hidden, diag


Model: ATA WDC WD40EZRX-00S (scsi)
Disk /dev/sde: 4001GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B
Partition Table: gpt
Disk Flags: 

Number  Start   End     Size    File system  Name                          Flags
 1      17.4kB  134MB   134MB                Microsoft reserved partition  msftres
 2      135MB   4001GB  4001GB  ntfs         Basic data partition          msftdata


Model: SanDisk Ultra (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdf: 123GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Disk Flags: 

Number  Start   End     Size    Type     File system  Flags
 2      3100MB  3105MB  4194kB  primary               esp

[manjaro@manjaro ~]$ sudo efibootmgr -v

BootCurrent: 0005
Timeout: 3 seconds
BootOrder: 0000,0005,0002,0004,0003
Boot0000* Windows Boot Manager  HD(1,GPT,c40fa206-7f46-4559-9727-859af5275c52,0x800,0x32000)/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.}....................
Boot0002* CD/DVD Drive  BBS(CDROM,,0x0)AMGOAMNO........I.P.I.O.N.E.E.R. .B.D.-.R.W. . . .B.D.R.-.2.0.9.D....................A..............................Gd-.;.A..MQ..L.N......AMBO
Boot0003* USB2.0 Mass Storage   BBS(255,,0x0)AMBO
Boot0004* Hard Drive    BBS(HD,,0x0)AMGOAMNO........o.S.T.3.7.5.0.6.4.0.A.S....................A...........................>..Gd-.;.A..MQ..L. . . . . . . . . . . . .Q.3.1.D.8.8.Z.J......AMBOAMNO........o.S.A.M.S.U.N.G. .H.D.6.4.2.J.J....................A...........................>..Gd-.;.A..MQ..L.1.S.F.A.9.J.Q.A.0.A.7.2.2.7. . . . . . ......AMBOAMNO........m.S.a.m.s.u.n.g. .S.S.D. .8.6.0. .E.V.O. .2.5.0.G.B....................A.........................>..Gd-.;.A..MQ..L.4.S.J.C.J.N.N.0.1.3.9.5.7.6. .E. . . . ......AMBOAMNO........m.S.a.m.s.u.n.g. .S.S.D. .8.6.0. .E.V.O. .2.5.0.G.B....................A.........................>..Gd-.;.A..MQ..L.4.S.J.C.J.N.N.0.1.3.9.5.7.6. .E. . . . ......AMBOAMNO........o.S.a.m.s.u.n.g. .S.S.D. .8.6.0. .E.V.O. .2.5.0.G.B....................A...........................>..Gd-.;.A..MQ..L.4.S.J.C.J.N.N.0.1.3.9.5.9.4. .P. . . . ......AMBOAMNO[.......9.S.a.n.D.i.s.k....................A................................Gd-.;.A..MQ..L.0.1.0.1.4.6.e.9.f.f.6.c.2.4.d.4.3.a.a.f.b.5.3.1.d.9.1.9.4.9.4.9.1.c.f.3.1.c.d.b.7.7.8.f.e.4.0.e.4.e.9.1.a.2.7.a.1.2.c.6.9.1.d.a.8.0.6.2.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.5.a.8.2.7.6.d.3.f.f.9.d.7.1.0.0.8.1.5.5.8.1.0.7.3.7.2.9.7.8.c.d......AMBO
Boot0005* UEFI: SanDisk PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x15,0x1)/Pci(0x0,0x0)/USB(3,0)/HD(1,MBR,0x0,0x5c6664,0x2000)AMBO
[manjaro@manjaro ~]$ test -d /sys/firmware/efi && echo efi || echo bios
efi
6

missing flag boot & esp

boot on USB iso manjaro
launch gparted and add flag boot & esp to sdb1 ( fat32 )

7

To avoid issues with windows updates - also it is necessary if using encrypted Manjaro and/or the Windows is encrypted too.

1 Like
8

Ok. I think there is a bug in calamares as we can see the same error, for example here: sfdisk incompatibility in version 2.26 · Issue #39 · kusnier/vagrant-persistent-storage · GitHub

To bypass the error, I suppose the best option is to create the partition in sdc before the installation begins. Also I recommend to change the partition type to gpt.

9

Well, Pamac took hours to check and clone the files for GParted from AUR, and failed at the end. Target not found: pkgconf

I was trying to add the flag suggested by @stephane seeing as that flag doesn’t appear to be available in Calemares or KDE Partition Manager.

10

gparted is installed :wink:
if not, gparted is in manjaro repos and we can run pacman-mirrors before

11

The weird thing is, even after updating the mirror list, GParted did not appear in the official repos, but did appear in the AUR, and yet, now it appears in the official repos.

And on the live USB, it is still not already installed, so I have now installed it again from the official repo in a fraction of the time.

The other weird thing is, according to GParted, sdb1 already has the boot and esp flags set.

Edit:
@stephane After adding those flags and proceeding with installation again, an identical error occurs.

12

because your are mixing disks with MBR & GPT
you are installing sdb in GPT , and ask MBR for sdc

13

Ah, thank you so much. I had completely missed that.

Thank you for all your help. Manjaro is now installed and working and Windows is nicely okay with (igonrant to?) that.

14

This topic was automatically closed 3 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.