Installation Failed on Manjaro KDE 20.0.3

[Honeysuckle]

Hello,

I had posted a topic about the installation error on the previous forum, but there was a technical problem that prevented any further replies, so I am creating a new topic here.

I downloaded the ISO image for Manjaro KDE 20.0.3 from the Manjaro website, which appears to still be the newest version. I then used Balena Etcher to etch the ISO image (designed for a disc) to a SanDisk Ultra USB drive. From there, I changed the boot priority settings in the firmware so that it would boot from the USB drive (Manjaro) before Windows 7 on the HDD. I used the Calamares graphical installer to install Manjaro by repartitioning the HDD.

After the installation was unsuccessful the first time (Installation Failed: Boost.Python error in job “bootloader”), I shut down the live session of Manjaro and entered the firmware settings. There were no legacy boot settings that I could find in there, so I restarted Manjaro on the USB. After Manjaro was restarted, it was able to recognize the partition on the HDD that had been created from the previous failed installation, so I selected that partition and instructed the installer to replace it with a new partition. However, the installation was unsuccessful again with the same error. I don’t have a copy of the screenshot anymore and it appears broken in the previous thread, but I could capture another screenshot if necessary.

Could downloading a firmware update for the BIOS/UEFI possibly resolve the issue? This is an Acer Aspire V5-571 with a Hitachi HTS545050A7E380 hard disk drive.

Looking forward to your reply. Thank you!

[philm]

We have the much newer 20.1-rc4 ISO, which is based on yesterdays stable update. You may try again, but start Calamares in debug mode:

sudo -E calamares -d

Then use pastebin or similar service to post the full log and link it here. We can then try to find a solution for your problem.

[Honeysuckle]

Hi! I am glad that you are here.

I restarted Manjaro on the USB and then repeated the installation process using the command that you suggested. I copied the output from the terminal and uploaded it to Pastebin. When I scrolled to the top of the terminal, it seemed as if it was not displaying the log from the very beginning, so hopefully you don’t need this information.

Thank you!

[stephane]

boot on USB iso manjaro
open a terminal
a browser on this topic
and reports

inxi -Fxza --no-host
sudo parted -l
sudo efibootmgr -v
test -d /sys/firmware/efi && echo efi || echo bios

[Honeysuckle]

Hello,

I hope you are having a good day. Here is the result from running the inxi -Fxza --no-host command in the terminal.

System:
Kernel: 5.6.15-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.1.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-x86_64 lang=en_US keytable=us
tz=UTC driver=free nouveau.modeset=1 i915.modeset=1 radeon.modeset=1
misobasedir=manjaro misolabel=MANJARO_KDE_2003 quiet
systemd.show_status=1 apparmor=1 security=apparmor
Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.18.5 Distro: Manjaro Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Acer product: Aspire V5-571 v: V1.12
serial:
Mobo: Acer model: Aspire V5-571 v: V1.12 serial: UEFI: Phoenix
v: 1.12 date: 06/12/2012
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 24.0 Wh condition: 24.0/37.0 Wh (65%)
model: SANYO AL12A32 status: Full
CPU:
Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Core i5-3317U bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Ivy Bridge family: 6 model-id: 3A (58) stepping: 9 microcode: 21
L2 cache: 3072 KiB
flags: avx lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
bogomips: 13574
Speed: 798 MHz min/max: 800/2600 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 798 2: 798
3: 798 4: 798
Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: Split huge pages
Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes,
SMT vulnerable
Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
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 generic retpoline, IBPB: conditional,
IBRS_FW, STIBP: conditional, RSB filling
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics
vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.8 driver: intel unloaded: modesetting
resolution: 1366x768~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics 4000 (IVB GT2)
v: 4.2 Mesa 20.0.7 direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 7 Series/C216 Family High Definition Audio
vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
bus ID: 00:1b.0
Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.6.15-1-MANJARO
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: r8169 v: kernel port: 2000
bus ID: 02:00.2
IF: enp2s0f2 state: down mac:
Device-2: Qualcomm Atheros AR9462 Wireless Network Adapter
vendor: Lite-On driver: ath9k v: kernel port: 2000 bus ID: 03:00.0
IF: wlp3s0 state: up mac:
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 524.65 GiB used: 7.20 GiB (1.4%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Hitachi model: HTS545050A7E380 size: 465.76 GiB
block size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B
ID-2: /dev/sdb type: USB vendor: SanDisk model: SanDisk Ultra
size: 58.89 GiB block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B
Partition:
ID-1: / raw size: N/A size: 5.68 GiB used: 316.6 MiB (5.4%) fs: overlay
source: ERR-102
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 53.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
Processes: 197 Uptime: 1d 17h 52m Memory: 7.58 GiB
used: 4.11 GiB (54.2%) Init: systemd Compilers: gcc: 10.1.0 Shell: bash
v: 5.0.17 inxi: 3.0.37

Additionally, here’s also the result from running the sudo parted -l command.

Model: ATA Hitachi HTS54505 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 500GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B
Partition Table: msdos
Disk Flags:

Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 1049kB 13.1GB 13.1GB primary ntfs msftres
2 13.1GB 13.2GB 105MB primary ntfs boot
3 13.2GB 448GB 435GB primary ntfs
4 448GB 500GB 51.8GB primary ext4

Model: SanDisk SanDisk Ultra (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 63.2GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Disk Flags:

Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
2 3120MB 3124MB 4194kB primary esp

Finally, here is the output from the sudo efibootmgr -v command. The last command, test -d /sys/firmware/efi && echo efi || echo bios did not appear to return any results.

BootCurrent: 0008
Timeout: 0 seconds
BootOrder: 0008,0007,0005,0004,000B,0009,0006
Boot0000 Setup FvFile(721c8b66-426c-4e86-8e99-3457c46ab0b9)
Boot0001 Boot Menu FvFile(86488440-41bb-42c7-93ac-450fbf7766bf)
Boot0002 Diagnostic Splash FvFile(a7d8d9a6-6ab0-4aeb-ad9d-163e59a7a380)
Boot0003 Acer D2D: FvFile(bcc93540-7ea9-11df-8c4a-0800200c9a66)
Boot0004* HDD 0: Hitachi HTS545050A7E380 PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1f,0x2)/Sata(0,0,0)…bYVD.A…O.…
Boot0005 ATAPI CD/DVD: HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GU61N PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1f,0x2)/Sata(4,0,0)…!N.:^G.V.T
Boot0006* USB FDD: VenMsg(bc7838d2-0f82-4d60-8316-c068ee79d25b,6ff015a28830b543a8b8641009461e49)
Boot0007* Network Boot: Realtek PXE B02 D00 BBS(Network,Realtek PXE B02 D00,0x0)…A…
Boot0008* USB HDD: SanDisk SanDisk Ultra PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1a,0x0)/USB(0,0)/USB(1,0)3.!..3.G…A…
Boot0009* USB CD/DVD: VenMsg(bc7838d2-0f82-4d60-8316-c068ee79d25b,86701296aa5a7848b66cd49dd3ba6a55)
Boot000A* Internal Shell: FvFile(c57ad6b7-0515-40a8-9d21-551652854e37)
Boot000B* Windows Boot Manager HD(2,GPT,c76712a6-278a-4d8f-ba57-3efdb9ee2d85,0x145800,0x82000)/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.}…I…

Have a nice day and thank you!

[stephane]

install failed because
you start in UEFI USB iso manjaro ( see UEFI & efibootmgr -v returns )
but your disk is MBR

for any install in UEFI , disk have to be in GPT
and this require a /boot/efi fat32 partition with flag boot & esp

for GPT disk , if you want to keep windows ,
do first a backup data and you need USB windows for repair
convert MBR to GPT , and repair boot entry windows

after you will install in EFI manjaro

or you want to go in UEFI[legacy] ( activate CSM )
and restore Grub by Chroot

[revy77]

Ошибка установки boost.python bootloader на Manjaro KDE Plasma 20.0.3

У меня была та же проблема! Но у меня диск в GPT.
Я решила ее новой загрузкой образа через торрент и прожгла заново, но уже на другую флешку.

I’ve had the same damn error yesterday! But, my disk is GPT.
I solve this problem with new dowloaded .torrent file and burned ISO on another usb-stick.