the adapter is unbranded. the barcode is 9394090900977
do you have any other machines you could use to test in that drive boots correctly when directly connected? Your machine has a 2.5inch sata slot that actually may not have anything in it btw that you if you are feeling up to it should use.
this laptop doesn’t have a 2.5 slot. Besides, it is a 3.5 hdd. Windows device manager labels it as JMicron Tech SCSI Disk Device
ok damn. I though that would be a solution.
to clarify can you access just to look at the files on that external drive in the live environment? maybe its an issue with the usb ports not providing enough power either in general or during machine start.
You answered it yourself…
@kekmacska
My post was not intended as a personal attack. On the contrary. Most new users don’t post garuda-inxi and I could have posted my comment countless times.
You’ve just been hit by it. I am sorry for that. But as you can see, a long dialogue between you and @Beagle_Appreciator has already started without coming close to a solution.
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Are you sure your disk cannot be partitioned in GPT? I assume you probably mean BIOS ↔ UEFI, or am I wrong?
This is a UEFI installation scheme 
If what you say/write are taken literally, you must have had several error messages, or other info, during the installation, which you should add to the story.
It seems you have no or minimal experience with Linux, while you are trying to install Linux in an extreme (and not suggested for new users) case.
I would recommend you install some Linux distro in a Virtual Environment on Windows, and after you gain some experience, install it on a disk.
Garuda suggests against dual-booting with Windows, because there are countless implications from such a setup.
You may want to replace the Windows disk with the currently external drive, as it is possible Windows may boot as well.
Anyway, you should always read installation instructions carefully and ask the forum if you don’t understand something, before starting an installation. It seems you have misunderstood something in this case.
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yeah in general its just hard to figure out what is going on here as i said earlier:
yeah he said it didn’t boot multiple times but he neglected say “[it does boot but] didn’t boot [specifically on a drive I want]” so it is just very odd.
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I used linux in virtual machine, and i’m mostly comfortable with it. Should i reinstall garuda and copy/capture the whole installation log?
Now i forced Garuda on windows boot manager, the path being \EFI\Garuda\grubx64.efi. I get the 0xc000000f error. Why installing Garuda (propably any linux distro) on a physical machine so hard? Who can do this honestly? I gave up on grub long ago, it is installed (grub-install —version returns 2:2.12.2) but won’t appear anywhere during boot, doesn’t matter if windows boot manager is enabled or not. Also, why it is not supported to install garuda alongside windows with 2 separate disks? When i select the empty sata2 disk, only manual partitioning is aviable. Also, did i do that right?
if, use
sudo -E calamares -D8
M$ does not accept other OS next to it, so why should we?
As already described so often in the forum, the boot problems, in addition to others caused by M$, would only steal valuable time from the Garuda team, which could be used much more sensibly.
There is still support here in the forum, just not officially from Garuda Linux.
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Here is the installation log: openSUSE Paste
Dbus binding tool is installed, version 0.112. And it is active as well. Others, i don’t understand
After reading through this entire thread, and based on my personal experiences, I offer the following suggested steps:
- Boot the Garuda Installation Media,
- From the System menu, open GParted.
- From the drop-down (top-right), select the target drive (where Garuda is installed).
- Near the top of the GParted window, click “View”, then “Device Information”, to see information about that drive. If Partition Table is gpt, you’re all set. If it’s msdos, you’ll have to change the Partition Table Type, as follows:
- In the “Device” Menu, click “Create Partition Table . . .”, then next to “Select New Partition Table Type”, click the drop down list, and choose “gpt”, then click the “Apply” button to perform the change. NOTE: This will erase any data on the target disk (The one you have Garuda installed on), but you’ll have to reinstall Garuda anyway.
- Finally (after disabling secure boot in the UEFI user interface), Install Garuda on the drive again (regardless the original partition table type), but this time, use the EFI partition on your Windows boot drive for the location to install grub.
If you want secure boot enabled for Windows, or you encounter any errors about not enough space for grub in the EFI partition, reply, and I’ll help you resolve those errors, or I’ll add the steps you’ll need to follow to allow Garuda to boot with secure boot enabled. It’s not rocket science, but it is an extensive procedure.
I hope this helps,
Ernie
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