Hey there. I’ve successfully installed EndeavourOS and Arch in general many times, but on this new computer I’m doing it on I’m repeatedly running into a problem that I just can’t figure out how to solve. I’m installing it onto the SSD, and it’s able to create the fat32 partition, but then completely fails once it gets to the ext4 partition. Here’s the relevant log:
I’ve tried everything I could think of, even changing the partition table to msdos and then having the installer set it back, and nothing has made a difference.
The first thing I wonder is what this refers to? Not a designator I’ve seen before.
Beyond that, I’m not the guy for what going on in Calamares, but I know I would just set up the partitions beforehand in GParted, and just use the manual install option to set mount points. While it doesn’t fix the problem, it gets you up and running! (probably )
[liveuser@eos-2020.07.15 ~]$ inxi -Fxxxza --no-host
bash: inxi: command not found
[liveuser@eos-2020.07.15 ~]$ lsblk
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
loop0 7:0 0 1.7G 1 loop /run/archiso/sfs/airootfs
sda 8:0 0 119.2G 0 disk
└─md126 9:126 0 238.5G 0 raid0
sdb 8:16 0 119.2G 0 disk
└─md126 9:126 0 238.5G 0 raid0
sdc 8:32 0 931.5G 0 disk
└─sdc1 8:33 0 815.2G 0 part
sdd 8:48 1 14.6G 0 disk
├─sdd1 8:49 1 1.8G 0 part /run/archiso/bootmnt
└─sdd2 8:50 1 64M 0 part
[liveuser@eos-2020.07.15 ~]$ sudo parted -l
Error: Invalid argument during seek for read on /dev/sda
Retry/Ignore/Cancel? retry
Error: Invalid argument during seek for read on /dev/sda
Retry/Ignore/Cancel? ignore
Error: The backup GPT table is corrupt, but the primary appears OK, so that will be used.
OK/Cancel? ok
Model: ATA LITEON CV1-8B128 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 128GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: unknown
Disk Flags:
Error: /dev/sdb: unrecognised disk label
Model: ATA LITEON CV1-8B128 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 128GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: unknown
Disk Flags:
Model: ATA HGST HTS721010A9 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdc: 1000GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B
Partition Table: gpt
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 1049kB 875GB 875GB ntfs Basic data partition msftdata
Model: General USB Flash Disk (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdd: 15.6GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
2 84.0kB 67.2MB 67.1MB primary fat16 esp
Model: Linux Software RAID Array (md)
Disk /dev/md126: 256GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
So it appears you are trying to install to a raid0 array.
While it is possible to do this it is not easy. arch linux isn’t very fond of hardware raid. It would be easier to use three drives. A smaller drive for your /boot/efi, /, and swap partitions and then i could explain how to set up the two ssd’s in RAID0 using btrfs for a separate /home partition.
Sure have a read over here. Read the thread and the links therein it’s quite interesting. I should warn you using BTRFS raid requires a solid backup strategy.
Hey there, been a couple days. I’ve studied the guide linked as the answer in that thread a fair bit and it seems like it’s pretty easy to follow. One problem is that I’m unsure how to disable the hardware raid for my system for this to work. It also seems like the guide itself is using RAID 1 and not 0, so you’re saying that you
could explain how to set up the two ssd’s in RAID0 using btrfs for a separate /home partition.
Meaning that you will explain how to make it 0 instead of 1? I’m reading that correct, right? Sorry that I’m a little confused.
Unfortunately, it seems that I’ve hit a wall. Acer seems to make it next to impossible to disable it. All the scant forum posts I’ve seen that do reference RAID 0 seem to mention this Windows program from Intel that I can’t use because I’ve already got rid of Windows and probably isn’t even relevant anyway. I’m not sure what to do now.
I had a look in their forums and agree with you they don’t provide a way to remove the raid. The only thing I can think of is to try using gparted in the live iso to format the drives separately and see if the installer picks up 2 instead of one raided. If you really are stuck with hardware raid you will need someone that knows more than I unfortunately as it can be done but is really involved.
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These laptops are setup using IRST Intel Rapid Storage Technology for Windows. I see the drives are set up as Raid 0.
There is a software tool available from Acer that you can download to remove the raid array. I’m not sure if you have removed Windows whether you can boot up on a windows 10 installation ISO which you can put on a usb and use the tool? You would have to try it. I’m just not sure if linux will install even using fake raid without removing the raid array first?
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