Installation Errors with pacman

General system EndeavourOS installation
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Hi, I’ve been trying to install EndeavourOS on an NVMe drive that used to have windows 10 on it. I have reformatted the drive multiple times to make sure there is no data left over from windows, but when I try to install EndeavourOS, it throws the error shown at the end of this post. I’m not sure what to do, any help would be appreciated. Also this is my first forum post, so sorry if I don’t give enough info, feel free to ask if any extra info is needed.

Error:

The package manager could not make changes to the installed system. The command <pre>pacman -S --noconfirm --noprogressbar --needed --disable-download-timeout libwnck3 mesa-utils xf86-input-libinput xorg-xdpyinfo xorg-server xorg-xinit xorg-xinput xorg-xkill xorg-xrandr xf86-video-amdgpu xf86-video-ati b43-fwcutter broadcom-wl-dkms dnsmasq dnsutils ethtool iwd modemmanager networkmanager networkmanager-openconnect networkmanager-openvpn nss-mdns openssh usb_modeswitch wpa_supplicant xl2tpd downgrade pacman-contrib pkgfile rebuild-detector reflector yay accountsservice bash-completion bluez bluez-utils ffmpegthumbnailer gst-libav gst-plugin-pipewire gst-plugins-bad gst-plugins-ugly libdvdcss libgsf libopenraw plocate poppler-glib xdg-user-dirs xdg-utils efitools haveged nfs-utils nilfs-utils ntp smartmontools unrar unzip xz cantarell-fonts freetype2 noto-fonts noto-fonts-emoji noto-fonts-cjk noto-fonts-extra ttf-bitstream-vera ttf-dejavu ttf-liberation ttf-opensans alsa-firmware alsa-plugins alsa-utils pavucontrol pipewire-pulse wireplumber pipewire-alsa pipewire-jack rtkit dmidecode dmraid hdparm hwdetect lsscsi mtools sg3_utils sof-firmware power-profiles-daemon upower endeavouros-theming eos-apps-info eos-log-tool eos-packagelist eos-quickstart eos-rankmirrors reflector-simple welcome duf findutils git glances hwinfo inxi meld nano-syntax-highlighting pv python-defusedxml python-packaging rsync tldr sed vi wget firewalld python-pyqt5 python-capng cups cups-browsed cups-filters cups-pdf foomatic-db foomatic-db-engine foomatic-db-gutenprint-ppds foomatic-db-nonfree foomatic-db-nonfree-ppds foomatic-db-ppds ghostscript gsfonts gutenprint splix system-config-printer hplip python-pillow python-pyqt5 python-reportlab sane cups cups-browsed cups-filters cups-pdf ark bluedevil breeze-gtk dolphin dolphin-plugins ffmpegthumbs fwupd gwenview haruna kate kcalc kde-cli-tools kde-gtk-config kdeconnect kdegraphics-thumbnailers kdenetwork-filesharing kdeplasma-addons kgamma kimageformats kinfocenter kio-admin kio-extras kio-fuse konsole kscreen kwallet-pam kwayland-integration libappindicator-gtk3 maliit-keyboard okular plasma-browser-integration plasma-desktop plasma-disks plasma-firewall plasma-nm plasma-pa plasma-systemmonitor plasma-workspace powerdevil print-manager qt6-imageformats sddm-kcm spectacle xdg-desktop-portal-kde xsettingsd xwaylandvideobridge eos-plasma-sddm-config eos-settings-plasma</pre> returned error code 1.

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Welcome to the forum :enos_flag: :enos:
Some questions did you disable secure boot in the BIOS as well as fastboot and csm support.
You say reformatted, so did you reformat a NTFS partition, or did you create e.g. a ext4 partition or just a empty partition ?

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Secure boot is disabled, but I’m not sure about fastboot and csm or how to check them. For the partition, first I deleted the old NTFS partition as well as the other windows partitions, and then created a new ext4 partition.

(Edit: I went into the bios settings and found the fastboot option, there is no off option but there is minimal, I’m assuming that’s what you mean?)

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By the looks of it (but I could be wrong) you are trying a online install, could maybe be a network problem , have you tried a offline install ?

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I was doing an online install, I’ll try and offline install and see if that works.

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I ran an offline install, following this process:

  1. Deleted all partitions on the NVMe drive and created a new ext4 partition (to make sure there is no leftover data from the old install attempt)
  2. Selected to Erase Disk in the install options, with No Swap and ext4 selected.
  3. Selected to put the bootloader in the master boot record of the NVMe drive

Result: The installation completed successfully.

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is this old System like 10 years old? as of most modern systems should support EFI boot and installs..

Extra info: “fast boot mode” is an windows option nit Bios/firmware side.

To install EndeavourOS properly it is strictly recommended to disable CSM legacy compatibility mode in the Bios/Firmware and install in EFI (uefi) mode using gpt drive structure, and not MBR mode.

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From the manual of my motherboard BIOS.

Fast Boot
Enables or disables Fast Boot to shorten the OS boot process. Ultra Fast provides the fastest bootup
speed.

There also is fast boot in windows , keeps on being confusing if you ask me :laughing:

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yea but the fast boot option in the firmware/(Bios is something else as what needs to be disabled to be able to dualboot with windows.. tehw windows fats boot is something like a sleep mode to boot windows faster what can lock the EFI partition .. and this will prevent from installing properly and will cause issue later to boot

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Yes by reading a lot of topics on this forum I think I understand the difference, but also some advice from other users concerning fast boot (and to disable both of the options) gets me on the wrong track sometimes, that is why it is/was somewhat confusing to me :grinning_face:

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Der Doktor can help :wink:

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