When I try to install Manjaro, I am met with this warning. I have looked in similar forums and nothing has worked. I have all the right settings in the bios. This is my first foray into Linux. I had similar issues trying to install ubuntu and mint. I am using an X230 ThinkPad. I am not running windows on it, I am using a usb drive to boot the OS.
Hello @Maddox and welcome 
At least let us now what system it is and what kernel log it produces:
inxi -Fazy
sudo dmesg
How does the partitioning look like ?
I apologize for the absence of replies.
I will admit, I am confused by this question. Please bear with my temporary ineptitude. I used those commands in the terminal but I do not know what you wish for me to extract from that data. Again, that is my personal issue, there was nothing wrong with your question. If you could explain what you wish from me precisely perhaps I could respond with confidence.
I am confused by this question as well. I simply do not understand.
Then boot the Manjaro USB stick and on console fdisk -l.
No problem at all. ok I see you figured that these are commands for the terminal. I wish to have the whole output of each command, which is pasted here as code.
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code output
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code output
If you have problems catching the data, then you can pipe the output to a text file:
inxi -Fazy > ~/inxi.txt
sudo dmesg > ~/dmesg.txt
And copy it there.
Okay, here is what it produced.
System:
Kernel: 5.15.25-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.2.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-x86_64 lang=en_US keytable=us tz=UTC
misobasedir=manjaro misolabel=MANJARO_XFCE_2124 quiet
systemd.show_status=1 apparmor=1 security=apparmor driver=free
nouveau.modeset=1 i915.modeset=1 radeon.modeset=1
Desktop: Xfce 4.16.0 tk: Gtk 3.24.29 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm 4.16.1
vt: 7 dm: LightDM 1.30.0 Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 2324M26 v: ThinkPad X230
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: LENOVO model: 2324M26 v: Win8 Pro DPK TPG
serial: <superuser required> UEFI: LENOVO v: G2ET85WW (2.05 )
date: 10/22/2012
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 30.1 Wh (95.0%) condition: 31.7/62.2 Wh (51.0%)
volts: 11.9 min: 11.1 model: LGC 45N1025 type: Li-ion serial: <filter>
status: Discharging
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i5-3320M bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Ivy Bridge
family: 6 model-id: 0x3A (58) stepping: 9 microcode: 0x21
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: 1297 high: 1599 min/max: 1200/3300 scaling:
driver: intel_cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 1197 2: 1197 3: 1197
4: 1599 bogomips: 20760
Flags: avx ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3
Vulnerabilities:
Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX unsupported
Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion
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: srbds status: Vulnerable: No microcode
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics vendor: Lenovo driver: i915
v: kernel ports: active: LVDS-1
empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-3, HDMI-A-1, HDMI-A-2, HDMI-A-3, VGA-1
bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0166 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Acer ThinkPad Integrated Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo
bus-ID: 1-1.6:5 chip-ID: 5986:02d2 class-ID: 0e02
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.3 compositor: xfwm v: 4.16.1 driver:
X: loaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa gpu: i915 display-ID: :0.0
screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1366x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 361x203mm (14.2x8.0")
s-diag: 414mm (16.3")
Monitor-1: LVDS-1 model: AU Optronics built: 2010 res: 1366x768 hz: 60
dpi: 125 gamma: 1.2 size: 277x156mm (10.9x6.1") diag: 318mm (12.5")
ratio: 16:9 modes: 1366x768
Message: Unable to show GL data. Required tool glxinfo missing.
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 7 Series/C216 Family High Definition Audio vendor: Lenovo
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:1e20
class-ID: 0403
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.25-1-MANJARO running: yes
Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.20 running: no
Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes
Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.47 running: no
Network:
Device-1: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Network vendor: Lenovo driver: e1000e
v: kernel port: 5080 bus-ID: 00:19.0 chip-ID: 8086:1502 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp0s25 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 [Taylor Peak] driver: iwlwifi
v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 03:00.0
chip-ID: 8086:0085 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp3s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 29.25 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 type: USB vendor: SanDisk model: Cruzer Glide
size: 29.25 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: N/A
serial: <filter> 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: 45.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): fan-1: 0
Info:
Processes: 195 Uptime: 7m wakeups: 1 Memory: 7.59 GiB used: 1.82 GiB (24.0%)
Init: systemd v: 250 tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 11.2.0 clang: 13.0.1
Packages: pacman: 1151 lib: 319 flatpak: 0 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.16
running-in: xfce4-terminal inxi: 3.3.13System:
Kernel: 5.15.25-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.2.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-x86_64 lang=en_US keytable=us tz=UTC
misobasedir=manjaro misolabel=MANJARO_XFCE_2124 quiet
systemd.show_status=1 apparmor=1 security=apparmor driver=free
nouveau.modeset=1 i915.modeset=1 radeon.modeset=1
Desktop: Xfce 4.16.0 tk: Gtk 3.24.29 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm 4.16.1
vt: 7 dm: LightDM 1.30.0 Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 2324M26 v: ThinkPad X230
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: LENOVO model: 2324M26 v: Win8 Pro DPK TPG
serial: <superuser required> UEFI: LENOVO v: G2ET85WW (2.05 )
date: 10/22/2012
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 30.1 Wh (95.0%) condition: 31.7/62.2 Wh (51.0%)
volts: 11.9 min: 11.1 model: LGC 45N1025 type: Li-ion serial: <filter>
status: Discharging
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i5-3320M bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Ivy Bridge
family: 6 model-id: 0x3A (58) stepping: 9 microcode: 0x21
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: 1297 high: 1599 min/max: 1200/3300 scaling:
driver: intel_cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 1197 2: 1197 3: 1197
4: 1599 bogomips: 20760
Flags: avx ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3
Vulnerabilities:
Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX unsupported
Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion
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: srbds status: Vulnerable: No microcode
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics vendor: Lenovo driver: i915
v: kernel ports: active: LVDS-1
empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-3, HDMI-A-1, HDMI-A-2, HDMI-A-3, VGA-1
bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0166 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Acer ThinkPad Integrated Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo
bus-ID: 1-1.6:5 chip-ID: 5986:02d2 class-ID: 0e02
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.3 compositor: xfwm v: 4.16.1 driver:
X: loaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa gpu: i915 display-ID: :0.0
screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1366x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 361x203mm (14.2x8.0")
s-diag: 414mm (16.3")
Monitor-1: LVDS-1 model: AU Optronics built: 2010 res: 1366x768 hz: 60
dpi: 125 gamma: 1.2 size: 277x156mm (10.9x6.1") diag: 318mm (12.5")
ratio: 16:9 modes: 1366x768
Message: Unable to show GL data. Required tool glxinfo missing.
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 7 Series/C216 Family High Definition Audio vendor: Lenovo
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:1e20
class-ID: 0403
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.25-1-MANJARO running: yes
Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.20 running: no
Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes
Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.47 running: no
Network:
Device-1: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Network vendor: Lenovo driver: e1000e
v: kernel port: 5080 bus-ID: 00:19.0 chip-ID: 8086:1502 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp0s25 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 [Taylor Peak] driver: iwlwifi
v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 03:00.0
chip-ID: 8086:0085 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp3s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 29.25 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 type: USB vendor: SanDisk model: Cruzer Glide
size: 29.25 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: N/A
serial: <filter> 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: 45.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): fan-1: 0
Info:
Processes: 195 Uptime: 7m wakeups: 1 Memory: 7.59 GiB used: 1.82 GiB (24.0%)
Init: systemd v: 250 tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 11.2.0 clang: 13.0.1
Packages: pacman: 1151 lib: 319 flatpak: 0 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.16
running-in: xfce4-terminal inxi: 3.3.13
Upon using this command, this appears.
fdisk: cannot open /dev/loop0: Permission denied
fdisk: cannot open /dev/loop1: Permission denied
fdisk: cannot open /dev/loop2: Permission denied
fdisk: cannot open /dev/loop3: Permission denied
fdisk: cannot open /dev/sda: Permission denied
You need to boot the USB stick and chroot into the system.
Your system firmware may be set for a vmd controller - from what I have read you may be able to bring it up by modprobing the device driver in a terminal in the live ISO
sudo modprobe vmd
I am not sure if the change will persist to the installed system - but let’s cross that bridge later.
An alternative is to change the disk access to AHCI in the system firmware.