No partitions available to install on, and network manager is gone

Hi all, getting an error when booting from USB that there are “no partitions to install on”. I am attempting to chroot from USB to try and fix an issue where the network manager has disappeared from my machine. Worst case I was planning to do a full reinstall as this computer hasn’t been used since 2019.

Hardware is an Intel NUC, and I recall having some issues when first installing a while back. I have checked in the bios that AHCI is set, secure / fast boot are both off and UEFI legacy is off.

fdisk -l:

Disk /dev/loop0: 17.9 MiB, 18747392 bytes, 36616 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/loop1: 480.32 MiB, 503640064 bytes, 983672 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/loop2: 1.39 GiB, 1487540224 bytes, 2905352 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/loop3: 510.74 MiB, 535527424 bytes, 1045952 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/sda: 29.84 GiB, 32015679488 bytes, 62530624 sectors
Disk model: Cruzer          
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x00000000

Device     Boot   Start     End Sectors  Size Id Type
/dev/sda1  *         64 5095559 5095496  2.4G  0 Empty
/dev/sda2       5095560 5103751    8192    4M ef EFI (FAT-12/16/32)

inxi --full

System:    Host: manjaro Kernel: 5.3.7-2-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.17.1 Distro: Manjaro Linux 
Machine:   Type: Mini-pc System: Intel Client Systems 
           Mobo: Intel model: NUC8BEB v: J72692-307  UEFI: Intel 
           v: BECFL357.86A.0074.2019.0916.1548 date: 09/16/2019 
CPU:       Topology: Quad Core model: Intel Core i5-8259U bits: 64 type: MT MCP L2 cache: 6144 KiB 
           Speed: 1601 MHz min/max: 400/3800 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1600 2: 1600 3: 1601 4: 1601 5: 1600 
           6: 1602 7: 1601 8: 1601 
Graphics:  Device-1: Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 driver: i915 v: kernel 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.5 driver: intel unloaded: modesetting resolution: 1920x1080~75Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics (Coffeelake 3x8 GT3) v: 4.5 Mesa 19.2.2 
Audio:     Device-1: Intel Cannon Point-LP High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel 
           Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.3.7-2-MANJARO 
Network:   Device-1: Intel Cannon Point-LP CNVi [Wireless-AC] driver: iwlwifi 
           IF: wlp0s20f3 state: up mac: 04:ea:56:e7:9b:90 
           Device-2: Intel Ethernet I219-V driver: e1000e 
           IF: eno1 state: down mac: 1c:69:7a:08:6c:05 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 29.82 GiB used: 217.6 MiB (0.7%) 
           ID-1: /dev/sda type: USB vendor: SanDisk model: Cruzer size: 29.82 GiB 
Partition: ID-1: / size: 11.63 GiB used: 217.6 MiB (1.8%) fs: overlay source: ERR-102 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 41.0 C mobo: 27.8 C 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Info:      Processes: 218 Uptime: 13m Memory: 15.51 GiB used: 1.16 GiB (7.5%) Shell: bash inxi: 3.0.36 

Any help is much appreciated!

But also the ISO you are using is antique as that kernel is EOL for quite some time now… Please download the latest build of your favorite DE.