Unable to install, error always

Issues & Assistance
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Hello,
I have tried to install this 10 times and always an error, can’t get passed the boot loader ever.
I’m not a newbie when it comes to computers, I have two empty nvme drives that are both unallocated space, but that doesn’t matter if the operating system won’t boot.
I have tried to boot with Ventoy and using Rufus to create a usb and no go.
Error is dracut: Fatal one or more files are corrupt, I have download the torrent file 6 times and the direct download 6 times and still doesn’t work and I am not new to linux either, is this distro corrupt from the start ?
I can install Zorin in 10 minutes, maybe Garuda is not for me, especially when it won’t even boot without error, and it’s locked in Rufus for changing anything for the installer.

New members are unable to upload images, good one, how would you show the error ???

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Hi, welcome :slight_smile:
Which ISO you try to install?
Please post the full ISO name.
Ventoy failed since some month on my part,

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but my installations work fine with dd in my tries the last two days.

For all try dd

sudo dd bs=4M if=garuda.iso of=/dev/sdX  oflag=sync status=progress

For better issue report, start the installer from terminal

sudo -E calamares -D8
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Checksum of the iso checked?
Is the BIOS set to UEFI-only?
Fast Boot and Secure Boot disabled in the BIOS?

Besides dd you can also use kde isoimagewriter to flash.

Boot a garuda-live.iso and post your garuda-inxi from there.

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Garuda KDE Dr460nized this is the distro I am tring to install, can you use sudo even if when I can’t get past Dracut error ?

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The bios is set to UEFI and I can’t boot to live and yes secure boot and fast boot are disabled.
Also when I used rufus to create the usb boot, it was automatically set to UEFI non CSM, if I disable CSM in the bios the usb will not show.

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It is like this one, garuda-dr460nized-linux-zen-240428.iso and garuda-dr460nized-linux-zen-240428.iso.sha256 like nepti wrote.

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Newer ISOs don’t work with Ventoy. Use the 2024-04-28 iso.
Try a different USB stick, even if your stick works with other distros.

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garuda-dr460nized-gaming-linux-zen-240428.iso.torrent

This is the one i downloaded 6 times and then downloaded the direct download 6 times

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Use the non gaming version, you can use garuda-gamer app after installation. We need alsothe garuda-inxi from terminal from the booting live ISO.

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It’s not the stick, Zorin 7.2 works and windows works fine with Ventoy, and it doesn’t work with Rufus either.

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We do not have your hardware specs, so you can try also the LTS version from Garuda Linux KDE Dragonized LTS Kernel when you use Nvidia GPU, please answer on all questions.

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You mean newer ISOs like Linux don’t work with Ventoy, Because Windows 11, 10 and Zorin 7.2 work just fine.

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You can try to boot the iso in a virtual machine (VirtualBox). If it boots there, it’s a problem with your hardware. Maybe some BIOS setting (resizable BAR, overclocked RAM, etc). Reset your BIOS to factory default.

I mean Garuda isos newer than 2024.04.28.
It can be the stick, even if the stick works with other OSes.
Grub sometimes does things…

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So do you need old hardware to work with these Distro’s because my hardware is new aorus z490 ultra i7 10700k and the bios is the latest.

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Zorin 7.2 is newer and it works fine, I tried different sticks, it’s a no go.

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Maybe the kernel or some drivers, please, just post garuda-inxi :slight_smile:

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Sorry but i can’t post that when I can’t get to my desktop.

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Either you are misunderstanding something or you are overestimating your Linux knowledge.
@SGS has described to you how to flash the ISO with dd.

Newer versions of ventoy don’t work properly, just use dd in the terminal or kde isoimagewriter to flash.

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I’m not talking about newer linux isos in general. I’m talking about garuda isos newer than the 2024-04-28 iso.
The 2024-04-28 works perfectly fine with ventoy. I just installed it yesterday on new hardware.

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None of those commands in the terminal work for me.