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pythoncat1

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Registered: 2024-01-30

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Unable to view disk partitions on boot install

Hello!
I have been following this tutorial to dual boot Arch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRdYSGh-g3s
Instead of a USB thumb drive I used a MicroSD card with a SD card adapter. I allocated 70GB of storage on my disk for Arch. In BIOS I followed the instructions and disabled secure boot. I did not disable Intel Rapid Storage as I did not find it as an option. Everything worked fine, and I booted from the SD card. However when I got to the point of installing Arch to the internal disk, the only storage space that showed with lsblk and cfdisk was the bootable SD card. I found this post: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=245335 however the solution did not work for me when in BIOS I changed the storage type. I also found this post: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=107991 but it did not help. Internal disks were still not recognized.
If it matters, I am running Windows 11 Home on a Dell Inspiron 14 7420 2-in-1.
Thank you!

Last edited by pythoncat1 (2024-01-30 03:17:44)

jonno2002

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Registered: 2016-11-21

Posts: 868

Re: Unable to view disk partitions on boot install

need a full journal from installation media where the drive doesnt show up, you can use a pastebin service for this.
it almost sounds like this problem but that was a while ago and should have been fixed by now.

pythoncat1

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Re: Unable to view disk partitions on boot install

I am not sure what you mean, whoever when I run cfdisk/dev/sda the only drive that shows in the selector is the SD card, which has ~14.5 GB of storage available and is formatted by a Microsoft FAT32 format.

jonno2002

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Registered: 2016-11-21

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Re: Unable to view disk partitions on boot install

it wont be /dev/sd** it will be /dev/nvme*** , but as you said lsblk only shows the sdcard so the nvme drive isnt being picked up, a journal (log) of the installation media boot will hopefully shed some light on whats going on.

boot off the installation media and then run this command:

journalctl -b | curl -F 'file=@-' 0x0.st 

and then post the link here

c00ter

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From: Alaskan in Washington State

Registered: 2014-08-28

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Re: Unable to view disk partitions on boot install

Please seek support from whomever made that YouTube video. These forums are for the support of Arch Linux installed via the official Arch Linux Installation Guide: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Installation_guide

YouTube videos are never right,  nor are any other installation sources.

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pythoncat1

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Registered: 2024-01-30

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Re: Unable to view disk partitions on boot install

Please seek support from whomever made that YouTube video. These forums are for the support of Arch Linux installed via the official Arch Linux Installation Guide: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Installation_guide

YouTube videos are never right,  nor are any other installation sources.

The steps which I am having issues with are the exact same ones that are in the documentation.

pythoncat1

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Registered: 2024-01-30

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Re: Unable to view disk partitions on boot install

it wont be /dev/sd** it will be /dev/nvme*** , but as you said lsblk only shows the sdcard so the nvme drive isnt being picked up, a journal (log) of the installation media boot will hopefully shed some light on whats going on.

boot off the installation media and then run this command:

journalctl -b | curl -F 'file=@-' 0x0.st 

and then post the link here

Thanks for your response! Actually I just made the stupid mistake of not looking at /dev/nvme, and there it was, thanks!

jonno2002

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Registered: 2016-11-21

Posts: 868

Re: Unable to view disk partitions on boot install

nice! please mark this thread as solved, and as c00ter said make sure you follow the official install guide from here on, the wiki has plenty of info for dual booting and just about anything else you could possibly need, PLEASE dont watch idiots on youtube.