Im having problems installing manjaro linux. It cant create a partition on my hard drive. The partition from where i made free space out of was labeled as a logical drive on the windows partition manager. heres the error:
Create a new partition (23.44GiB, ext4) on ‘dev/sda’
Job: Create new partition on device ‘/dev/sda’
Command: sfdisk --force --append /dev/sda
Failed to add partition ‘New Partition’ to device ‘/dev/sda’.
As of this i am using the latest manjaro kde version Ruah 21.3.6 and i am trying to dual boot it with windows 7
from USB live manjaro
inxi -Fza
sudo parted -l
You could try a different approach:
create partitions within Win7 with a built-in tool called Disk Management
launch Manjaro live USB, use Gparted (a GUI utility) to format the new partitions to ext4 (and a swap, if you want).
then launch installer.
Here is what it returns:
Kernel: 5.15.57-2-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.1.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-x86_64 lang=en_US keytable=us tz=UTC
misobasedir=manjaro misolabel=MANJARO_KDE_2136 quiet
systemd.show_status=1 driver=free nouveau.modeset=1 i915.modeset=1
radeon.modeset=1
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.24.6 tk: Qt v: 5.15.5 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1
dm: SDDM Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Portable System: Dell product: Inspiron N5010 v: A02
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Dell model: 0WXY9J v: A02 serial: <superuser required>
UEFI-[Legacy]: Dell v: A02 date: 04/09/2010
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 2.7 Wh (100.0%) condition: 2.7/48.8 Wh (5.5%)
volts: 11.3 min: 11.1 model: Samsung DELL 7XFJJ05 type: Li-ion
serial: <filter> status: full
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i3 M 350 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Westmere
gen: core 1 built: 2010-11 process: Intel 32nm family: 6
model-id: 0x25 (37) stepping: 2 microcode: 0x11
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 2 tpc: 2 threads: 4 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 128 KiB desc: d-2x32 KiB; i-2x32 KiB L2: 512 KiB desc: 2x256 KiB
L3: 3 MiB desc: 1x3 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 2261 min/max: 931/2261 scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq
governor: schedutil cores: 1: 2261 2: 2261 3: 2261 4: 2261 bogomips: 18094
Flags: ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities:
Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT
vulnerable
Type: mds status: Vulnerable: Clear CPU buffers attempted, no microcode;
SMT vulnerable
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
Type: retbleed 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: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW,
STIBP: conditional, RSB filling
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel Core Processor Integrated Graphics vendor: Dell
driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-5.75 process: Intel 45nm built: 2010
ports: active: LVDS-1 empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1,VGA-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0
chip-ID: 8086:0046 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Microdia Laptop_Integrated_Webcam_1.3M type: USB
driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-1.6:5 chip-ID: 0c45:6461 class-ID: 0e02
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.4 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X:
loaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa gpu: i915 display-ID: :0
screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1366x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 361x203mm (14.21x7.99")
s-diag: 414mm (16.31")
Monitor-1: LVDS-1 model: Seiko Epson 0x5441 built: 2009 res: 1366x768
hz: 60 dpi: 101 gamma: 1.2 size: 344x194mm (13.54x7.64")
diag: 395mm (15.5") ratio: 16:9 modes: 1366x768
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics (ILK) v: 2.1 Mesa 22.1.4
direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 5 Series/3400 Series High Definition Audio vendor: Dell
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:3b56
class-ID: 0403
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.57-2-MANJARO running: yes
Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.21 running: no
Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 16.1 running: yes
Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.56 running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Broadcom BCM4313 802.11bgn Wireless Network Adapter vendor: Dell
Inspiron M5010 / XPS 8300 driver: bcma-pci-bridge v: N/A modules: bcma
pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 12:00.0 chip-ID: 14e4:4727
class-ID: 0280
Device-2: Realtek RTL810xE PCI Express Fast Ethernet vendor: Dell
driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: e000
bus-ID: 13:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8136 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp19s0 state: down mac: <filter>
IF-ID-1: wlp18s0b1 state: down mac: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 305.62 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Samsung model: HN-M320MBB
size: 298.09 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s
type: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter> rev: 0001 scheme: MBR
ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 type: USB vendor: SanDisk model: Cruzer
size: 7.53 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s
type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 7.01 scheme: MBR
SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
Partition:
Message: No partition data found.
Swap:
Alert: No swap data was found.
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 64.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): fan-1: 3000
Info:
Processes: 190 Uptime: 2m wakeups: 1 Memory: 3.64 GiB used: 1.47 GiB
(40.4%) Init: systemd v: 251 default: graphical tool: systemctl
Compilers: gcc: 12.1.0 clang: 14.0.6 Packages: pacman: 1210 lib: 321
flatpak: 0 Shell: Zsh v: 5.9 default: Bash v: 5.1.16 running-in: konsole
inxi: 3.3.20
Model: ATA SAMSUNG HN-M320M (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 320GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 1049kB 67.1MB 66.1MB primary ntfs boot
2 67.1MB 99.4GB 99.4GB primary ntfs
3 99.4GB 137GB 37.8GB primary ntfs
4 194GB 320GB 126GB extended lba
5 194GB 288GB 94.2GB logical ntfs
6 288GB 320GB 32.2GB logical ntfs
Model: SanDisk Cruzer (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 8087MB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
2 3565MB 3569MB 4194kB primary esp
The free space on your disk must first be integrated into your extended partition as you use already the four possible primary partitions of an msdos parted disk. This could be done either with Windoof tools or you use Gparted from a live install. Then you need to create another logical partition inside your extended partition. If this was successful, make sure to boot your install media in BIOS mode as you have Windoze installed in BIOS mode as well. This can be achieved by booting from the entry without UEFI in the name from your firmware.
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Thanks i fixed it and now it installed successfully
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6 August 2022 18:44
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