Hi, I wanted to completely switch from Windows to Manjaro after having a dual boot for some time now. However, I think I did something stupid and now I can’t boot in Windows nor Manjaro anymore. GRUB led me to a black screen when selecting Windows and a infinite loading screen on manjaro. After that, I tried other solutions with a USB stick. However, trying “automatic repair” with a Windows USB stick led me to a BSOD, and Manjaro couldn’t boot either. However, I can now boot in Manjaro with another USB stick, and I tried to install it but it gives me the same error message:
Create a new partition table (type: msdos) on ‘/dev/sdb’
Job: Create new partition table on device ‘/dev/sdb’
Command: sfdisk --wipe=always /dev/sdb
Here’s my system with inxi -Fza:
System:
Kernel: 6.1.30-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.1
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-x86_64 lang=en_US keytable=fr tz=UTC
misobasedir=manjaro misolabel=MANJARO_KDE_2213 quiet
systemd.show_status=1 splash driver=free nouveau.modeset=1 i915.modeset=1
radeon.modeset=1
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.4 tk: Qt v: 5.15.9 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1 dm: SDDM
Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: Micro-Star model: Z590-A PRO (MS-7D09) v: 1.0
serial: <superuser required> UEFI-[Legacy]: American Megatrends LLC. v: 1.30
date: 09/06/2021
CPU:
Info: model: 11th Gen Intel Core i5-11600K bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Rocket Lake gen: core 11 level: v4 note: check built: 2021+
process: Intel 14nm family: 6 model-id: 0xA7 (167) stepping: 1
microcode: 0x57
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 6 tpc: 2 threads: 12 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 480 KiB desc: d-6x48 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 3 MiB desc: 6x512 KiB
L3: 12 MiB desc: 1x12 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 2866 high: 3900 min/max: 800/4900 scaling:
driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave cores: 1: 800 2: 800 3: 3900
4: 3900 5: 3900 6: 800 7: 800 8: 3900 9: 3900 10: 3900 11: 3900 12: 3900
bogomips: 93924
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities:
Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: mmio_stale_data mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Type: retbleed mitigation: Enhanced IBRS
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
prctl
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Enhanced IBRS, IBPB: conditional, RSB
filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: SW sequence
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel RocketLake-S GT1 [UHD Graphics 750] vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-12.1 process: Intel 10nm built: 2020-21
ports: active: none empty: DP-1, HDMI-A-1, HDMI-A-2, HDMI-A-3
bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:4c8a class-ID: 0380
Device-2: AMD Ellesmere [Radeon RX 470/480/570/570X/580/580X/590]
vendor: PC Partner / Sapphire driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: GCN-4
code: Arctic Islands process: GF 14nm built: 2016-20 pcie: gen: 3
speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: HDMI-A-4,HDMI-A-5
empty: DP-2,DP-3,DVI-D-1 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:67df class-ID: 0300
temp: 49.0 C
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.8 with: Xwayland v: 23.1.1
compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu,modesetting
alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: radeonsi,iris gpu: amdgpu display-ID: :0
screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3840x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 1016x285mm (40.00x11.22")
s-diag: 1055mm (41.54")
Monitor-1: HDMI-A-4 mapped: HDMI-A-3 pos: primary,left
model: LG (GoldStar) IPS277 built: 2012 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 81
gamma: 1.2 size: 600x340mm (23.62x13.39") diag: 690mm (27.2") ratio: 16:9
modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
Monitor-2: HDMI-A-5 mapped: HDMI-A-4 pos: right model: LG (GoldStar) IPS
FULLHD built: 2014 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 102 gamma: 1.2
size: 480x270mm (18.9x10.63") diag: 551mm (21.7") ratio: 16:9 modes:
max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 23.0.3 renderer: AMD Radeon RX 480 Graphics
(polaris10 LLVM 15.0.7 DRM 3.49 6.1.30-1-MANJARO) direct-render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Tiger Lake-H HD Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl
bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:43c8 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD Ellesmere HDMI Audio [Radeon RX 470/480 / 570/580/590]
vendor: PC Partner / Sapphire driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3
speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:aaf0 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.1.30-1-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off tools: N/A
Server-2: PipeWire v: 0.3.70 status: off with: wireplumber status: active
tools: pw-cli,wpctl
Server-3: PulseAudio v: 16.1 status: active with: pulseaudio-alsa
type: plugin tools: pacat,pactl
Network:
Device-1: Intel Ethernet I225-V vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: igc v: kernel
pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: N/A bus-ID: 04:00.0
chip-ID: 8086:15f3 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp4s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Realtek Bluetooth Radio driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 1.1
speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-4.4:8 chip-ID: 0bda:8771
class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: see --recommends
RAID:
Hardware-1: Intel Device driver: ahci v: 3.0 port: 4060 bus-ID: 00:17.0
chip-ID: 8086:43d6 rev: N/A class-ID: 0104
Supported mdraid levels: raid0
Device-1: md126 maj-min: 9:126 type: mdraid level: raid-0 status: active
size: 1.82 TiB
Info: report: N/A blocks: 1953519616 chunk-size: 64k
Components: Online:
0: sdb maj-min: 8:16 size: 931.51 GiB
1: sda maj-min: 8:0 size: 931.51 GiB
Device-2: md127 maj-min: 9:127 type: mdraid level: N/A status: inactive
size: N/A
Info: report: N/A blocks: 5552 chunk-size: N/A
Components: Online: N/A Spare:
0: sda maj-min: 8:0 size: 931.51 GiB state: S
1: sdb maj-min: 8:16 size: 931.51 GiB state: S
Drives:
Local Storage: total: raw: 3.76 TiB usable: 1.94 TiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Seagate model: FireCuda 530
ZP2000GM30013 size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B
speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: SU6SM001
temp: 36.9 C scheme: MBR
ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Western Digital
model: WD10EZEX-08WN4A0 size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B
logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 1A01
ID-3: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Crucial model: CT1000BX500SSD1
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 030
ID-4: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 model: USB Mass Storage Device
size: 119.08 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: USB
rev: 2.0 spd: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 tech: N/A serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 1.00 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: 37.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 49.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: amdgpu fan: 1755
Info:
Processes: 286 Uptime: 7m wakeups: 0 Memory: available: 15.43 GiB
used: 1.81 GiB (11.7%) Init: systemd v: 252 default: graphical
tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.1 clang: 15.0.7 Packages: pm: pacman
pkgs: 1211 libs: 330 tools: pamac pm: flatpak pkgs: 0 Shell: Zsh v: 5.9
default: Bash v: 5.1.16 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.27
and here’s what sudo parted -l gives me:
Model: ATA WDC WD10EZEX-08W (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 1000GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B
Partition Table: msdos
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
Error: /dev/sdb: unrecognised disk label
Model: ATA CT1000BX500SSD1 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 1000GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: unknown
Disk Flags:
Model: USB Mass Storage Device (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdc: 128GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
2 3855MB 3859MB 4194kB primary esp
Model: Seagate FireCuda 530 ZP2000GM30013 (nvme)
Disk /dev/nvme0n1: 2000GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 1049kB 105GB 105GB primary ntfs boot
Model: Linux Software RAID Array (md)
Disk /dev/md126: 2000GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B
Partition Table: msdos
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
EDIT: I tried every MBR in the installer and it doesn’t change anything.
EDIT2: here’s the complete error log: https://termbin.com/q0qh
Am I completely screwed? Because I’m out of solutions at this point…
Thanks for the help.
