[SOLVED] cannot format /dev/sda3 2 or 1

RussianSpytato · 2022-01-13 04:15:23

just made this account for this please help me, idk what info to put so
i am trying to install arch linux (latest archlinux-2022.01.01-x86_64.iso) from a 64G usb i used etcher to make it bootable, i have UEFI

so basicly i make my 3 partitions root, efi, and swap and when i try to format them
mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda3 returns
mke2fs 1.46.4 (18-Aug-2021)
/dev/sda3 is apparemtly in use by the system; will not make a filesystem here!

mkswap /dev/sda2 returns
mkswap: cannot open /dev/sda2: Device or resource busy

mkfs.fat -F 32 /dev/sda1 returns
mkfs.fat: unable to open /dev/sda1: Device or resource busy

Last edited by RussianSpytato (2022-01-18 07:49:50)

RussianSpytato · 2022-01-13 04:17:19

i have been trying to figure this out for the past 3 day i just reinstalled windows cuz my windows partition is fried and my laptop has been completley unusable

Trilby · 2022-01-13 04:37:19

What tool(s) did you use to make the partitions? What's the output of the command `lsblk` when you get these errors?

RussianSpytato · 2022-01-13 04:54:20

NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTS
loop0 7:0 0 715.4M 1 loop /run/archiso/airootfs
sda 8:0 1 58.7G 0 disk /run/archiso/bootmnt
|--sda1 8:1 1 100M 0 part
|--sda2 8:2 1 4G 0 part
\--sda3 8:3 1 54.6G 0 part

did my best to recreate lsblk
i used cfdisk

Trilby · 2022-01-13 14:40:31

RussianSpytato wrote:

did my best to recreate lsblk

If you have network access in the live system, you should be able to upload the output directly - as there is either an error in your transcription or you are trying to partition the same usb that you burned the iso to. That will definitely not work (without additional steps), and it doesn't sound like that is your goal.

I'm not so familiar with cfdisk, but I'm pretty sure it would have given you warnings / errors during the partitioning process that you were attempting to partition a mounted filesystem.

What is the intended target device to install to? You burned the iso to a 64GB flash drive. Do you have an internal drive (HDD/SDD) that you plan to install onto, or do want to install everything directly to that usb flash drive?

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RussianSpytato · 2022-01-13 16:02:32

yes, it does give me a error, well more of a warning, something along the lines of "this file is currenlty in use, partitioning it might be a bad idea"
i dont know how to change where it downloads the files, and yes i have a drive i want to install it to

Trilby · 2022-01-13 18:33:29

That warning should have given you the clue ... that partitioning it might be a bad idea!

There is no downloading of files here. You need to partition the target drive, you partitioned the usb flash drive.

RussianSpytato · 2022-01-13 20:09:47

how do i target the drive though

Trilby · 2022-01-13 20:22:15

You run cfdisk, or another partitioning tool on that device. If the intended device isn't showing up in lsblk, that's a separate issue. The first step in diagnosing that would likely be to look at dmesg output - but also tell us about that hardware: what are you trying to install on?

ewaller · 2022-01-13 20:52:19

It may not be obvious to newcomers, but the ordering of drives is dependent on how the system booted and what was used to beet it. In your case, sda is your installation media. As Trilby points out, you need to be working setting on your internal hard drive/SDD. Note that after you install a boot loader and start from your hard drive, everything will be different in terms of where things get mounted. This is why we highly recommend the use of UUIDs when you get to that point. Right now, I'll bet two credits your hard drive is at /dev/sdb

RussianSpytato · 2022-01-13 21:09:36

i do not have a sdb and it does not show up when i do lsblk, i am trying to install on a acer nitro 5 i am 90% sure that this is it https://www.amazon.com/Acer-i5-9300H-Ge … r=8-4&th=1 i dunno if u need specs or anything

V1del · 2022-01-13 21:50:57

nvme drives should show as /dev/nvme0n1 or so. You did make sure to boot the ISO in EFI mode? If you can establish a connection to the net from the ISO post your

 ls /sys/firmware/efi/efivars ls /sys/firmware/efi/efivars
dmesg

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/List_o … n_services

RussianSpytato · 2022-01-18 02:04:09

it does not show a nvme drive, yes i have efi on(i think)
idk how to post images so i put it on reddit
https://www.reddit.com/user/RussianSpyt … urce=share idk why its considered nsfw, its not
also when i boot in it says sgx disabled by bios idk if that matters
ive tried all types of arch installers and they all break when it gets to the partitioning part
also sry 4 not posting i was away

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Head_on_a_Stick · 2022-01-18 06:55:54

Change the drive mode from RAID to AHCI in the firmware ("BIOS") options.

I think there is a module that can be loaded to allow detection of firmware RAID devices but I can never remember what it's called...

acid_raccoon · 2022-01-18 07:27:01

RussianSpytato do you understand russian?
https://archlinux.org.ru/forum/topic/21005/?page=1

Last edited by acid_raccoon (2022-01-18 07:36:17)

RussianSpytato · 2022-01-18 07:50:58

yes, i can speak pretty well but my writing/reading capabilites are worse than a second graders

Head_on_a_Stick · 2022-01-18 14:53:34

The vmd module. That's what it's called.

So did loading the vmd module work? I see the thread has been marked [SOLVED] so it would be proper to share the solution: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Genera … way_street

V1del · 2022-01-18 14:59:48

Normally the vmd module should be loaded automatically from a live disk perspective, the bug that used to happen that it wasn't automatically included in the initramfs on the installed disk, which should also be fixed with the current mkinitcpio.

So yeah I also wonder what the solution was in the end.

RussianSpytato · 2022-01-18 18:23:45

basicly im just stupid i had to do /dev/nvme0n1 instead of /dev/sda

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