I am unable to install EOS while setting up a dual boot

I am trying to set up a dual boot with Windows 11, but I am encountering an exception in main.py. The error is logged, and you can see it here: https://termbin.com/05x5.

I have already checked some threads and ensured that “Fast Startup” is turned off, as well as “Safe Boot.” However, the issue persists.

Welcome to the forum @ebyrdeu ,
As …n1p1 resizing failed try to run gparted from the live system and create a fat32 partition on the target disk with size 1GB. Set efi flag. Make ext4 partition as well or btrf if you are brave enough. Reboot and select manual partioning not to spoil w11.

Are you going to install EnOS to sda disk don’t you?

Interestingly enough, this log shows my manual partition attempt, where I set 1GB fat32 with the EFI flag and 126GB with boot flag formatted as ext4. However, last week I tried the “alongside” and “replace” installation options (or whatever their names are), and I encountered the same Main.py error.

That same week, I wiped the entire disk (hoping it would resolve the issues), installed Windows 11 first, and then tried again with EOS, but still no luck.

Regarding the disk, if I understood your question correctly, I’m attempting to install it on an NVMe

I think you mean secure boot. :thinking:

What about CSM is that disabled?

I see in the log. Not sure if you selected the wrong boot flag here? There’s not enough information here to understand your installation layout and partitioning scheme. Is this system UEFI? Are you trying to install EOS on the same disc as Windows? Are you using default systemd-boot or grub?

Setting flags on "/dev/nvme0n1" partition "/dev/nvme0n1p5" 
     "boot" 
     "bios-grub" 

You should be able to use install along side without issue on the same disc as Windows. Have you made sure secure boot is disabled and also CSM is disabled. It looks like you’re using default systemd-boot. If CSM is enabled it can boot the ISO in bios mode. I assume the system is UEFI?

You may need to post information about your hardware using the proper commands. Also the discs.

Edit: I guess what I’m getting at is this is confusing. It looks like you are saying that you flagged the / with boot and that is not correct for UEFI.

Yes.

Yes.

systemd-boot

As stated before along side and replace partition gave same error.

Also is this something new? Before in dual boot I didn’t need to touch these like at all in order to install EOS. Namely CSM and Fast boot.

With Inxi

System:
  Kernel: 6.10.10-arch1-1 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.1.5 Distro: EndeavourOS base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: ASUS product: N/A v: N/A serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: ASUSTeK model: ROG STRIX Z490-F GAMING v: Rev 1.xx
    serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends v: 2301
    date: 07/13/2021
Battery:
  Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech MX Vertical Advanced Ergonomic
    Mouse charge: 10% (should be ignored) status: discharging
  Device-2: sony_controller_battery_04:76:6e:48:c2:c5 model: N/A charge: N/A
    status: N/A
CPU:
  Info: 8-core model: Intel Core i7-10700KF bits: 64 type: MT MCP
    arch: Comet Lake rev: 5 cache: L1: 512 KiB L2: 2 MiB L3: 16 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 800 min/max: 800/5100 cores: 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800
    5: 800 6: 800 7: 800 8: 800 9: 800 10: 800 11: 800 12: 800 13: 800 14: 800
    15: 800 16: 800 bogomips: 121639
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GA104 [GeForce RTX 3070] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nvidia
    v: 560.35.03 arch: Ampere bus-ID: 01:00.0
  Device-2: Logitech Webcam C270 driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo type: USB
    bus-ID: 1-7.3:7
  Display: unspecified server: X.Org v: 21.1.13 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.2
    driver: X: loaded: nvidia unloaded: modesetting gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch
    resolution: 1: 2560x1440~144Hz 2: 1920x1080 3: 1920x1080~60Hz
  API: EGL v: 1.5 drivers: nvidia,swrast platforms:
    active: gbm,x11,surfaceless,device inactive: wayland,device-1
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 560.35.03
    glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070/PCIe/SSE2
  API: Vulkan v: 1.3.295 drivers: nvidia surfaces: xcb,xlib devices: 1
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Comet Lake PCH cAVS vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1f.3
  Device-2: NVIDIA GA104 High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 01:00.1
  Device-3: JMTek LLC. Fosi Audio K5 Pro
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB bus-ID: 1-1:2
  Device-4: JMTek LLC. USB PnP Audio Device
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB bus-ID: 1-2:3
  Device-5: Logitech Webcam C270 driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo type: USB
    bus-ID: 1-7.3:7
  API: ALSA v: k6.10.10-arch1-1 status: kernel-api
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.2.4 status: active
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Ethernet I225-V vendor: ASUSTeK driver: igc v: kernel
    port: N/A bus-ID: 04:00.0
  IF: enp4s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 2.74 TiB used: 2.8 GiB (0.1%)
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Kingston model: SA2000M81000G size: 931.51 GiB
    temp: 30.9 C
  ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 990 PRO 2TB size: 1.82 TiB
    temp: 39.9 C
  ID-3: /dev/sda vendor: Transcend model: JetFlash 16GB size: 15.12 GiB
    type: USB
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 10 GiB used: 161.2 MiB (1.6%) fs: overlay source: ERR-102
Swap:
  Alert: No swap data was found.
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 30.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
  Memory: total: 64 GiB note: est. available: 62.7 GiB used: 4.09 GiB (6.5%)
  Processes: 348 Uptime: 17m Init: systemd
  Packages: 1061 Compilers: clang: 18.1.8 gcc: 14.2.1 Shell: Bash v: 5.2.32
    inxi: 3.3.35

GPU (Yes, I use Nvidia option in live os)

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 560.35.03              Driver Version: 560.35.03      CUDA Version: 12.6     |
|-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+
| GPU  Name                 Persistence-M | Bus-Id          Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC |
| Fan  Temp   Perf          Pwr:Usage/Cap |           Memory-Usage | GPU-Util  Compute M. |
|                                         |                        |               MIG M. |
|=========================================+========================+======================|
|   0  NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070        Off |   00000000:01:00.0  On |                  N/A |
|  0%   49C    P8             25W /  240W |     868MiB /   8192MiB |      1%      Default |
|                                         |                        |                  N/A |
+-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+
                                                                                         
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Processes:                                                                              |
|  GPU   GI   CI        PID   Type   Process name                              GPU Memory |
|        ID   ID                                                               Usage      |
|=========================================================================================|
|    0   N/A  N/A       991      G   /usr/lib/Xorg                                 313MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A      1028      G   /usr/lib/kglobalacceld                          3MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A      1048      G   /usr/bin/ksmserver                              3MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A      1050      G   /usr/bin/kded6                                  3MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A      1051      G   /usr/bin/kwin_x11                              64MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A      1084      G   /usr/bin/plasmashell                           63MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A      1096      G   /usr/lib/kactivitymanagerd                      3MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A      1120      G   ...b/polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1          4MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A      1121      G   /usr/lib/org_kde_powerdevil                     3MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A      1122      G   /usr/lib/xdg-desktop-portal-kde                 3MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A      1285      G   /usr/bin/kdeconnectd                            3MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A      1291      G   /usr/bin/xwaylandvideobridge                    3MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A      1317      G   /usr/bin/kaccess                               41MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A      1884      G   /usr/bin/systemsettings                        20MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A      1928      G   /usr/lib/baloorunner                            3MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A      1933      G   /usr/lib/firefox/firefox                      180MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A      2304      G   /usr/bin/konsole                                3MiB |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

CPU

Architecture:             x86_64
  CPU op-mode(s):         32-bit, 64-bit
  Address sizes:          39 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
  Byte Order:             Little Endian
CPU(s):                   16
  On-line CPU(s) list:    0-15
Vendor ID:                GenuineIntel
  Model name:             Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10700KF CPU @ 3.80GHz
    CPU family:           6
    Model:                165
    Thread(s) per core:   2
    Core(s) per socket:   8
    Socket(s):            1
    Stepping:             5
    CPU(s) scaling MHz:   68%
    CPU max MHz:          5100.0000
    CPU min MHz:          800.0000
    BogoMIPS:             7602.45
    Flags:                fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr ss
                          e sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc art arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nop
                          l xtopology nonstop_tsc cpuid aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 sdbg 
                          fma cx16 xtpr pdcm pcid sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic movbe popcnt tsc_deadline_timer aes xsave avx f16c rdra
                          nd lahf_lm abm 3dnowprefetch cpuid_fault epb ssbd ibrs ibpb stibp ibrs_enhanced tpr_shadow flexprior
                          ity ept vpid ept_ad fsgsbase tsc_adjust bmi1 avx2 smep bmi2 erms invpcid mpx rdseed adx smap clflush
                          opt intel_pt xsaveopt xsavec xgetbv1 xsaves dtherm ida arat pln pts hwp hwp_notify hwp_act_window hw
                          p_epp vnmi pku ospke md_clear flush_l1d arch_capabilities
Virtualization features:  
  Virtualization:         VT-x
Caches (sum of all):      
  L1d:                    256 KiB (8 instances)
  L1i:                    256 KiB (8 instances)
  L2:                     2 MiB (8 instances)
  L3:                     16 MiB (1 instance)
NUMA:                     
  NUMA node(s):           1
  NUMA node0 CPU(s):      0-15
Vulnerabilities:          
  Gather data sampling:   Mitigation; Microcode
  Itlb multihit:          KVM: Mitigation: VMX disabled
  L1tf:                   Not affected
  Mds:                    Not affected
  Meltdown:               Not affected
  Mmio stale data:        Mitigation; Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
  Reg file data sampling: Not affected
  Retbleed:               Mitigation; Enhanced IBRS
  Spec rstack overflow:   Not affected
  Spec store bypass:      Mitigation; Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
  Spectre v1:             Mitigation; usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
  Spectre v2:             Mitigation; Enhanced / Automatic IBRS; IBPB conditional; RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS SW sequence; BHI S
                          W loop, KVM SW loop
  Srbds:                  Mitigation; Microcode
  Tsx async abort:        Not affected

Discs

Disk /dev/nvme1n1: 1.82 TiB, 2000398934016 bytes, 3907029168 sectors
Disk model: Samsung SSD 990 PRO 2TB                 
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: gpt
Disk identifier: 5D9DA071-AB46-458C-8339-B3DE05903368

Device         Start   End Sectors Size Type
/dev/nvme1n1p1    34 32767   32734  16M Microsoft reserved


Disk /dev/nvme0n1: 931.51 GiB, 1000204886016 bytes, 1953525168 sectors
Disk model: KINGSTON SA2000M81000G                  
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: gpt
Disk identifier: E2EED122-1CAC-4C3D-A2F4-5E4A671869BC

Device              Start        End    Sectors   Size Type
/dev/nvme0n1p1       2048     206847     204800   100M EFI System
/dev/nvme0n1p2     206848     239615      32768    16M Microsoft reserved
/dev/nvme0n1p3     239616 1952199541 1951959926 930.8G Microsoft basic data
/dev/nvme0n1p4 1952202752 1953521663    1318912   644M Windows recovery environment


Disk /dev/sda: 15.12 GiB, 16231956480 bytes, 31703040 sectors
Disk model: Transcend 16GB  
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: 0x4be2f91d

Device     Boot    Start      End  Sectors  Size Id Type
/dev/sda1  *        2048 31700871 31698824 15.1G  7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda2       31700907 31702985     2079    1M ef EFI (FAT-12/16/32)


Disk /dev/loop0: 2.45 GiB, 2635329536 bytes, 5147128 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

You know, what I don’t remember actually if it was / was flagged with boot or not now. But trying to re do how I more or less remember i got this
Boot


Root

And… it worked. Maybe I was actually / flagged with boot :skull:

But still doesn’t explain why alongside and replace doesn’t work. Also, on an old laptop tested with erase whole disc also didn’t work for some reason. :thinking:

That’s exactly what i said. You flagged the root partition as /boot not the /efi. That is only done if using bios normally or you set up a separate /boot partition for bios.

Also there are 5 newer UEFI Firmware (Bios) updates for your motherboard.

Edit: Not sure how you are posting the images but i can’t read them as they don’t expand when i click on them.

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