Gaming Edition: You need to load kernel first / failure reading sector

Issues & Assistance
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First time install

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What OS did you have before? Windows?

Go into your BIOS and disable:
csm
fastboot
secureboot

Enable ahci and try again.

btw:

ID-1 /dev/sda
UDMA CRC errors 543 alert Bad cable/connection?
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did before install

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda count=300 bs=1M

fastboot and secure boot is off

apci is on

did not found a csm option

I try to get a new SATA-Cable an change it

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Double-check you are not booting into an old/invalid EFI boot variable. You can check for other active variables in the BIOS boot menu (and just try booting another one), or run efibootmgr from the live environment and see if it turns up old entries.

Delete the old/invalid entries:

sudo efibootmgr -b [boot entry to delete] -B

If you have more than one Garuda boot variable and you are not sure which one is good, you can delete them all, then reinstall Grub and regenerate the Grub configuration file from a chroot in the live environment.

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Since the error occurs during an initial installation, I initially suspect incorrect BIOS settings and/or hardware issue.
You wrote a lot about it - but still, go through it again.

  1. BIOS (switch to Advanced Mode):
    Advanced → CPU Configuration → Hyper-threading = enabled
    Advanced → CPU Configuration → Intel Virtualization Technology = enabled
    Advanced → PCH Configuration → Intel Rapid Start Technology = disabled
    Advanced → PCH Configuration → Hybrid Hard Disk Support = disabled
    Advanced → SATA Configuration → AHCI = enabled
    Boot → Fast Boot = disabled
    Boot → HW Fast Boot = disabled
    Boot → CSM (Compatibility Support Module) → Launch CSM = disabled (Here you have to test something: either CSM=disabled or CSM=enabled and set all options to UEFI only/UEFI driver first).
    Boot → Secure Boot → OS Type [Windows UEFI mode] = Other OS

  2. SSD
    Disconnect and connect the SATA cable from the SSD and and try another SATA port on the motherboard.
    Try another SATA cable.
    Try another SSD.

After that: Make a fresh install of Garuda linux.
If the same error occurs again, it could be GRUB → try @BluishHumility's suggestion.

If that doesn’t help, try another Linux distribution (EOS/Ubuntu/SUSE etc.).

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thank you so much !

will try tomorrow!

will inform you

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How did you actually come up with this idea:

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda count=300 bs=1M

?!?

I’ve been asking myself that all the time… :face_with_spiral_eyes:

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How did you actually come up with this idea:

clean the disk

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You have overwritten the first and last sectors, nothing more. You don’t need to do anything manually, it will be done automatically during installation.

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@ TurboTux

thanks for you time and all the Information.

Did all the BIOS Settings ans another Cable
not it works!

all the best & happy new year @all

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Not it works or now it works? Is this a typo?
Ich kapier den Satz nicht :upside_down_face:

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