Installation on VB does not start

pimpoli · June 1, 2024, 10:53am

Yes. I think is a Calamares’ bug, because I tried with Calam-Arch-Installer-2024-06 and there is the same issue… Could you use the previous version of Calamares, used in Endeavour OS “Galileo” that was fine?

pimpoli · June 1, 2024, 2:01pm

No. I try on VM EndeavourOS in order to install it on a real machine wehere there is already a mint installation on dualboot. On VM there is only EndeavourOS!

pimpoli · June 1, 2024, 2:03pm

So I have to install Eos in English and then change it to Italian? And how?

joekamprad · June 1, 2024, 2:08pm

Set Locale manually:

su
echo "it_IT.UTF-8 UTF-8" >> /etc/locale.gen
locale-gen
localectl set-locale LANG=it_IT.UTF-8
localectl set-keymap --no-convert it

dalto · June 1, 2024, 2:17pm

There is an upstream Calamares issue that impacts BIOS installs on VirtualBox.

You can work around this issue in a variety of ways:

Change your VM settings to use EFI
Use a different virtualization software

pimpoli · June 1, 2024, 2:26pm

because this is a “test” for a real installation on a real machine with partition table MBR, I cannot change the setting on VM, it would be useless.
I could try to install on the real machine and hope that the bug is only on VB… or in alternative I could install the previous version (Galeleo), that runs fine, as long as EoS a rolling release…
Where I can download old versions of EndeavourOS?

dalto · June 1, 2024, 2:29pm

You would have to do an offline install if you find an older ISO. Online installs are not supported from older ISOs because packaging changes all the time.

joekamprad · June 1, 2024, 3:02pm

they are on the mirrors:

github.com

endeavouros-team/PKGBUILDS/blob/master/endeavouros-mirrorlist/endeavouros-mirrorlist

######################################################
####                                              ####
###        EndeavourOS Repository Mirrorlist       ###
####                                              ####
######################################################
#### Entry in file /etc/pacman.conf:
###     [endeavouros]
###     SigLevel = PackageRequired
###     Include = /etc/pacman.d/endeavouros-mirrorlist
######################################################
### Tip: Use the 'eos-rankmirrors' program to rank
###      these mirrors or re-order them manually.
######################################################

## Belgium
Server = https://ftp.belnet.be/mirror/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch

## China
Server = https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
Server = https://mirrors.jlu.edu.cn/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch

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per example:

https://mirror.alpix.eu/endeavouros/iso

pimpoli · June 1, 2024, 3:17pm

Perhaps, I solved…
Simply, in the installation procedure the first time I chose to install GRUB on root (/), I pressed “next”, I went back (“previous”) and this time I selected /dev/sda. The again “next” and on the resume first to start the installation correctly: “Install GRUB on /dev/sda”.
Once installed, I restarted and all was fine!
I tried with Calam-Arch-Installer-2024-06, this evening I’ll try with EndeavourOs and I’ll let you know how it ends!

joekamprad · June 2, 2024, 7:41pm

the underlaying issue / Bug is somehow random.