Garuda installation fails when creating the bootloader

Hello, I am new to Garuda Linux. I wanted to install Garuda dr460nized gaming edition.
I am using Linux ubuntu right now. So I downloaded it and flashed it with balena etcher.
Then I chose my USB-stick and I was at the welcome screen. I chose TC, my language and so on. Then I used the NVIDIA option and everything was loading. I wanted to install it so I can Dualboot. I chose my free Partition to load it there. After I installed it there was this Error Code: The bootloader could not be installed. The installation command

grub-install --targetx=86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot/efi --bootloader-id=Garuda --force
generated error code 1. I followed some Tutorials with Ventoy but still failed and Youtube didn´t help much either. Please Help me
Edit: garuda-inxi
Critical
No (intended) kernels are installed in /boot (fix available)
High
System is outdated (last update more than 2 weeks ago) (fix available)
Snapper snapshots directory is missing (fix available)
Low
Failed systemd services found: snapper-cleanup.service
Run garuda-health --fix to apply fixes
EDIT 2:
Last full system update: 2025-10-02
Is partially upgraded: No
warning: database file for ‘garuda’ does not exist (use ‘Sy’ to download)
warning: database file for ‘core’ does not exist (use ‘Sy’ to download)
warning: database file for ‘extra’ does not exist (use ‘Sy’ to download)
warning: database file for ‘multilib’ does not exist (use ‘Sy’ to download)
warning: database file for ‘chaotic-aur’ does not exist (use ‘Sy’ to download)
Relevant software: snapper NetworkManager dracut garuda-hardware-profile-standart
Windows dual boot:
Failed units: snapper-cleanup-service
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Critical
No (intended) kernels are installed in /boot (fix available)
High
System is outdated (last update more than 2 weeks ago) (fix available)
Snapper snapshots directory is missing (fix available)
Low
Failed systemd services found: snapper-cleanup.service
Run garuda-health --fix to apply fixes.
EDIT 3:

System:
  Kernel: 6.16.8-zen3-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.2.1 clocksource: hpet
    avail: acpi_pm parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-x86_64 lang=de_DE keytable=de
    tz=Europe/Berlin misobasedir=garuda root=miso:LABEL=GARUDA_DR460NIZEDGAMING_BROADWIN quiet
    systemd.show_status=1 checksum=y driver=nonfree nouveau.modeset=0 i915.modeset=1
    radeon.modeset=1
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.4.5 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.18.0 wm: kwin_wayland vt: 1
    dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: SchenkerGmbH product: SCHENKER VIA 15 Pro v: Standard
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: NB02 model: PF5NU1G v: Standard serial: <superuser required> part-nu: SVI15PM20
    uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends v: N.1.07.A05 date: 04/25/2022
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 68.6 Wh (90%) condition: 76.2/91.2 Wh (83.5%) volts: 11.63 min: 11.55
    model: standard type: Li-ion serial: <filter> charging: status: discharging cycles: N/A
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD Ryzen 7 4800H with Radeon Graphics bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 2 gen: 2
    level: v3 note: check built: 2020-22 process: TSMC n7 (7nm) family: 0x17 (23) model-id: 0x60 (96)
    stepping: 1 microcode: 0x860010D
  Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 1 cores: 8 threads: 16 tpc: 2 smt: enabled cache:
    L1: 512 KiB desc: d-8x32 KiB; i-8x32 KiB L2: 4 MiB desc: 8x512 KiB L3: 8 MiB desc: 2x4 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1397 min/max: 1400/2900 boost: enabled scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq
    governor: performance cores: 1: 1397 2: 1397 3: 1397 4: 1397 5: 1397 6: 1397 7: 1397 8: 1397
    9: 1397 10: 1397 11: 1397 12: 1397 13: 1397 14: 1397 15: 1397 16: 1397 bogomips: 92632
  Flags-basic: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
  Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
  Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Renoir [Radeon Vega Series / Radeon Mobile Series]
    vendor: AIstone Global driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: GCN-5 code: Vega process: GF 14nm
    built: 2017-20 pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: eDP-1 empty: HDMI-A-1
    bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:1636 class-ID: 0300 temp: 34.0 C
  Device-2: Chicony Integrated IR Camera driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
    lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-3:3 chip-ID: 04f2:b71a class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
  Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.18 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.8 compositor: kwin_wayland
    driver: X: loaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu display-ID: 0
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: BOE Display 0x0900 built: 2019 res: mode: 1920x1080 hz: 60
    scale: 100% (1) dpi: 142 gamma: 1.2 size: 344x194mm (13.54x7.64") diag: 395mm (15.5") ratio: 16:9
    modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: amd radeonsi platforms: device: 0 drv: radeonsi device: 1 drv: swrast
    gbm: drv: kms_swrast surfaceless: drv: radeonsi wayland: drv: radeonsi x11: drv: radeonsi
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: amd mesa v: 25.2.4-arch1.1 glx-v: 1.4
    direct-render: yes renderer: AMD Radeon Graphics (radeonsi renoir ACO DRM 3.64 6.16.8-zen3-1-zen)
    device-ID: 1002:1636 memory: 500 MiB unified: no display-ID: :1.0
  API: Vulkan v: 1.4.321 layers: 9 device: 0 type: integrated-gpu name: AMD Radeon Graphics
    (RADV RENOIR) driver: mesa radv v: 25.2.4-arch1.1 device-ID: 1002:1636 surfaces: N/A device: 1
    type: cpu name: llvmpipe (LLVM 20.1.8 256 bits) driver: mesa llvmpipe v: 25.2.4-arch1.1 (LLVM
    20.1.8) device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: N/A
  Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor
    gpu: corectrl wl: wayland-info x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
  Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Renoir/Cezanne HDMI/DP Audio vendor: AIstone Global
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 04:00.1
    chip-ID: 1002:1637 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Audio Coprocessor vendor: AIstone Global driver: N/A
    alternate: snd_pci_acp3x, snd_rn_pci_acp3x, snd_pci_acp5x, snd_pci_acp6x, snd_acp_pci,
    snd_rpl_pci_acp6x, snd_pci_ps, snd_sof_amd_renoir, snd_sof_amd_rembrandt, snd_sof_amd_vangogh,
    snd_sof_amd_acp63, snd_sof_amd_acp70 pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 04:00.5
    chip-ID: 1022:15e2 class-ID: 0480
  Device-3: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 17h/19h/1ah HD Audio vendor: AIstone Global
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 04:00.6
    chip-ID: 1022:15e3 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.16.8-zen3-1-zen status: kernel-api with: aoss type: oss-emulator tools: N/A
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.4.8 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 Wi-Fi 6 AX200 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1
    bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:2723 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp1s0 state: up mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: AIstone Global
    driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: f000 bus-ID: 02:00.0
    chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: eno1 state: down mac: <filter>
  Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel AX200 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1
    mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-4.4:7 chip-ID: 8087:0029 class-ID: e001
  Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 5.2 lmp-v: 11 status:
    discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 6c010c
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 495.64 GiB used: 7.68 GiB (1.6%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Kingston model: SKC2500M8500G size: 465.76 GiB
    block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
    fw-rev: S7780101 temp: 29.9 C scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Samsung model: Flash Drive size: 29.88 GiB block-size:
    physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: USB rev: 2.1 spd: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 tech: SSD
    serial: <filter> fw-rev: 1100 scheme: MBR
  SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
Partition:
  Message: No partition data found.
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
  ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 15.03 GiB used: 11.1 MiB (0.1%) priority: 100 comp: zstd
    avail: lzo-rle,lzo,lz4,lz4hc,deflate,842 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 36.8 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 34.0 C
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
  Memory: total: 16 GiB note: est. available: 15.03 GiB used: 3.23 GiB (21.5%)
  Processes: 433 Power: uptime: 21m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep avail: s2idle
    wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot, suspend, test_resume image: 5.97 GiB
    services: org_kde_powerdevil, power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 258
    default: graphical tool: systemctl
  Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1777 libs: 518 tools: octopi,paru Compilers: clang: 20.1.8
    gcc: 15.2.1 Client: Unknown Client: electron inxi: 3.3.39
Garuda (2.11.1-1):
  System install date:     2025-09-24
  Garuda release:          251002
  Last full system update: 2025-10-02 ↻
  Is partially upgraded:   No
  Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut garuda-hardware-profile-standard
  Windows dual boot:       <superuser required>
  Failed units:            snapper-cleanup.service 
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--- CRITICAL ---
 - No (intended) kernels are installed in /boot (fix available)

--- HIGH ---
 - System is outdated (last update more than 2 weeks ago) (fix available)
 - Snapper snapshots directory is missing (fix available)

--- LOW ---
 - Failed systemd services found: snapper-cleanup.service

--- INFO ---
 - A reboot is pending (update applied since last reboot)

Run garuda-health --fix to apply fixes.

Please post the terminal output of garuda-inxi from the Live ISO as requested in the template for your post.

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Please post the full output of garuda-inxi. Thanks.


Edit: Your second edit still does not contain the full output. Please open Garuda Rani, click on “Diagnostic” and then on “Common info (inxi)” - this output should then be automatically copied to the clipboard. Then paste it here using a code block:

  • Format terminal output (including your garuda-inxi) as a code block by clicking the preformatted text button (</>), or put three tildes (~) above and below the text
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how it looks here for the boot?

lsblk -f

Garuda Linux does not officially support dual boot, but it works anyway. Are you using Ubuntu with Secure Boot? If so, disable Secure Boot in the BIOS.

We don’t know how you partitioned your drive, but the EFI partition may be too small if you install Garuda Linux alongside Ubuntu. You should also make sure that the USB stick is booted in UEFI mode in the BIOS boot menu.

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