Garuda install issues black screen / errors

[Eden]

Hello,

I have laptop Asus ROG 18 with 64gb memory / i9 / Nvidia RTX 4090.

i flashed the Garuda iso (dragonized gamer version) with rufus, then etcher, both would not boot, just show black screen, i do not even get grub to display.

then i flashed with ventoy. in this case with choosing grub2 the image will boot and work well.

however when i wanted to install the os in the local external drive, i get the following error :

installation failed: failed to unpack image “/run/miso/bootmnt/garuda/x86_64/rootfs.sfs” details : rsync failed with error code 13.

so far chatgpt says its because of ventoy and the way it boot garuda that i should use rufus or etcher, but as explained earlier with that method i get just a black screen.

I also tried command line DD witch give same result: black screen.

I also tried to boot from a random computer that has an nvidia RTX 3060 and a amd proc, 64gb memory, i got same result : black screen.

Fast boot and secure boot are disabled.

so far im stuck, chatgpt could not help me and ended suggesting i go for a different iso image with light version…

Any idea how to success a boot capable of an installation ?

thank for help.

[HITMAN]

Download .iso file again and try again. Or verify the checksum of the .iso that you already have.

[Eden]

thanks, i’ve done this too. it didnt change the behaviour.

[HITMAN]

Most of the time this means:

1. You have run out of space
2. The installer image was corrupt
3. The image was not written correctly to the installation medium
4. The installation medium has an issue ( broken or corrupted USB flash drive)

Try another USB. Try boot with nvidia proprietary drives and with community ones and see how it goes.

Maybe this will help - Bad unpackfs configuration error - #2 by BluishHumility

[Apocalypticus]

@Eden

so far chatgpt says its because of ventoy and the way it boot garuda that i should use rufus or etcher

Sorry for this, but so called "AI"s cannot do what they claim to do.

Which file system is the external drive formatted with? Shouldn´t be FAT or NTFS.

[nepti]

@Eden

then i flashed with ventoy. in this case with choosing grub2 the image will boot and work well.

however when i wanted to install the os in the local external drive, i get the following error :

installation failed: failed to unpack image “/run/miso/bootmnt/garuda/x86_64/rootfs.sfs” details : rsync failed with error code 13.

Garuda Linux does not officially support installation on external drives, but of course it works. If you don’t know how to do this, please use the forum search first, this is not a new topic.

@Apocalypticus

Which file system is the external drive formatted with? Shouldn´t be FAT or NTFS.

It would also be helpful if you could tell us what settings were made in the calamares installer and whether you partitioned the external disk yourself or whether you used the “Erase Disk” option.

[Eden]

my bad, it is the file system on the external drive that is causing the issue FAT32.
i have reparationed this way :
1/ 300mb efi - FAT32
2/ 16gb swap
3/ 100gb garuda - BTRFS
4/ remaining - FAT32
its working perfectly now (only via ventoy, it wont boot with rufus or etcher).
thanks for your help.