Installation "Failed to run pacman" / I tried all I could find here

General system EndeavourOS installation
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Hello together,
I triy now since hours to install EndeavourOS (online KDE) on my LenovoThinkCenter.
It ist not working. I always get the message"Failed to run pacstrap" / “Failed to run pacman”.

Here is the log:
https://termbin.com/bzw2

Here is a screenshot of the message:

I am using Endeavouros_Cassini_Nova-03-2023_R2 and I tried all the vommands I found her on the forum. It keeps stoping at 13%.

Any ideas?

Markus

I want to install it as dual boot next to windows. Here is my partition table:


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Is Secure Boot off?

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yes
I had to turn it of otherwise the live iso wouldn’t even start

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What is the specs of your machine?

inxi -Faz

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Ok i remember on my laptop that I could boot into the live environment with no issue I just couldn’t install.

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[liveuser@eos-2023.05.28 ~]$ inxi -Faz
System:
Kernel: 6.3.4-arch1-1 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.1.1
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/multiboot/Endeavouros_Cassini_Nova-03-2023_R2/arch/boot/x86_64/vmlinuz-linux
archisolabel=MULTIBOOT CONFIG
/multiboot/Endeavouros_Cassini_Nova-03-2023_R2/arch
archisobasedir=/multiboot/Endeavouros_Cassini_Nova-03-2023_R2/arch
Desktop: Xfce v: 4.18.1 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.36 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm
v: 4.18.0 vt: 1 dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0 Distro: EndeavourOS base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: LENOVO product: 11T8002TGE v: ThinkCentre M70s Gen 3
serial: Chassis: type: 3 serial:
Mobo: LENOVO model: 32CB
serial: UEFI: LENOVO v: M41KT45A date: 06/29/2023
Battery:
Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Touch KWireless KW
serial: charge: 100% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes
status: discharging
CPU:
Info: model: 12th Gen Intel Core i5-12400 bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Alder Lake gen: core 12 level: v3 note: check built: 2021+
process: Intel 7 (10nm ESF) family: 6 model-id: 0x97 (151) stepping: 5
microcode: 0x18
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 6 tpc: 2 threads: 12 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 480 KiB desc: d-6x48 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 7.5 MiB desc: 6x1.2 MiB
L3: 18 MiB desc: 1x18 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1508 high: 2500 min/max: 800/5600 scaling:
driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave cores: 1: 800 2: 2500 3: 799 4: 800
5: 800 6: 2500 7: 2500 8: 800 9: 800 10: 2500 11: 2500 12: 800
bogomips: 59916
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 status: Not affected
Type: retbleed status: Not affected
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 / Automatic 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 Alder Lake-S GT1 [UHD Graphics 730] vendor: Lenovo
driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-12.2 process: Intel 10nm built: 2021-22+
ports: active: DP-2,HDMI-A-1 empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-2,HDMI-A-3 bus-ID: 00:02.0
chip-ID: 8086:4692 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Logic3 / SpectraVideo plc LG Optical Mouse 3D-310
driver: hid-generic,usbhid type: USB rev: 1.1 speed: 1.5 Mb/s lanes: 1
mode: 1.0 bus-ID: 1-10:6 chip-ID: 1267:0210 class-ID: 0301
Device-3: Elgato Systems GmbH Facecam driver: hid-generic,usbhid,uvcvideo
type: USB rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 bus-ID: 2-2.2:4
chip-ID: 0fd9:0078 class-ID: 0300 serial:
Display: server: X.Org v: 21.1.8 compositor: xfwm v: 4.18.0 driver: X:
loaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,intel,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915
display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 5120x1440 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 1355x381mm (53.35x15.00")
s-diag: 1408mm (55.42")
Monitor-1: DP-2 pos: right model: Dell U2718Q serial: built: 2017
res: 2560x1440 hz: 60 dpi: 107 gamma: 1.2 size: 609x349mm (23.98x13.74")
diag: 702mm (27.6") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 3840x2160 min: 720x400
Monitor-2: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-1 pos: primary,left model: Dell U2720Q
serial: built: 2020 res: 2560x1440 hz: 60 dpi: 109 gamma: 1.2
size: 597x336mm (23.5x13.23") diag: 685mm (27") ratio: 16:9 modes:
max: 3840x2160 min: 720x400
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 23.1.1 renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 730
(ADL-S GT1) direct-render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Alder Lake-S HD Audio vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel alternate: snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl bus-ID: 00:1f.3
chip-ID: 8086:7ad0 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.3.4-arch1-1 status: kernel-api
tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: PipeWire v: 0.3.71 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Intel Ethernet I219-LM vendor: Lenovo driver: e1000e v: kernel
port: N/A bus-ID: 00:1f.6 chip-ID: 8086:1a1c class-ID: 0200
IF: eno1 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac:
Bluetooth:
Device-1: TP-Link UB500 Adapter driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 1.1
speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-3:2 chip-ID: 2357:0604
class-ID: e001 serial:
Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: see --recommends
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 535.8 GiB used: 8.1 GiB (1.5%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung
model: MZVL2512HCJQ-00BL7 size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial:
fw-rev: CL2QGXA7 temp: 29.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Transcend model: JetFlash 64GB
size: 58.86 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: USB
rev: 3.0 spd: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 tech: SSD serial:
fw-rev: 1100 scheme: MBR
SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: N/A size: 256 MiB used: 256 MiB (100.0%) fs: overlay
source: ERR-102
Swap:
Alert: No swap data was found.
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 32.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
Processes: 278 Uptime: 48m wakeups: 4 Memory: available: 15.3 GiB
used: 5.01 GiB (32.7%) Init: systemd v: 253 default: multi-user
tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 13.1.1 Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 899
libs: 223 tools: yay Shell: Bash v: 5.1.16 running-in: xfce4-terminal
inxi: 3.3.27

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Are you doing a live install? the kernel should be 6.4.4-arch1-1 your showing 6.3

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Are you choosing Grub or systemd-boot as bootloader?

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I was about to ask the same thing saw that its /boot/efi like grub instead of /efi like systemd

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Kernel: 6.3.4-arch1-1 arch

I think that is the version of the kernel on the ISO.

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It is off:

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Grup

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Yes
I downloaded the iso today

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For the boot partition the installation program offers the mount points “/boot” and “boot/efi”


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Would “systemd-boot” be the better choice?
I just found this on the net to use “grup”

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makes since

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systemd-boot is the default for Endeavour however I don’t honestly know if one is better than the other. with systemd-boot you would want a 1gb boot partition as systemd-boot puts in the kernel and initrams in the /efi partion

With systemd-boot /efi is default boot directory
With grub /boot/efi is the default boot directory

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Ok, I will try it.
Do I use the same partitions as with grup or do I not create a “boot” partition?

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Ah, ok
1GB boot Partition and /efi as mount point.

Fat32?