Installation failed command 'grub-install --target=i386-pc --recheck --force' After deleting Fedora 33

I had Fedora 33 previously installed that has LVM. Now Im trying to Install the newest Manjaro XFCE.

I get this error at the end of my installation:

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Installation Failed

Boost.Python error in job "bootloader".

Command 'grub-install --target=i386-pc --recheck --force/dev/sda' returned non-zero exit status 1.
Installing for i386-pc platform, grub install: error: unable to identify filesystem in hostdisk//dev/sda; safety check can't be performed.

Traceback:

File "/usr/lib/calamares/modules/bootloader/main.py", line 476, in run
	prepare_bootloader(fw_type)

File "/usr/lib/calamares/modules/bootloader/main.py". line 448. in prepare_bootloader
	install_grub(efi_directory, fw_type)

File "/usr/lib/calamares/modules/bootloader/main.py", line 353, in install_grub
	check_target_env_call([libcalamares.job.configuration["grubinstall"],

File "<string>", line 5, in <module>

(rewritten by hand because it didn’t let me copy-paste for some reason)
I previously also installed Ubuntu because I heard it is capable of deleting those LVMs itself. It did install successfully so now I’m trying to install Manjaro in its place.

When I run sudo lvdisplay as I was told to in a certain tutorial I get nothing, no output listed.

What should I do now?

The problem was that I was choosing a different drive for boot partition and it was getting fed up for some reason lol

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