installing manjaro linux

[MichaelH0132]

Hello, I have a MSI GV62 8RD laptop and I've recently switch the hhd storage to an m.2 ssd(Samsung 970 evo plus). So I've decided that I wanted to change operating systems from windows to manjaro, but when I insert the booth-able USB to install it couldn't continued with the installation because theirs no where to install it to. And it might be because of the m.2, any help!?

[RONOTHAN##]

You might need to initialize the drive before you install it. Open up the partition manager (I forget what comes by default on there, it's probably GParted) and see if you can initialize and partition the drive first. If that doesn't work, it's time to fix it in the terminal.

 

Open up the terminal and run the command 

sudo fdisk -l

Look for the drive on there and identify it's label. It'll be something like "/dev/nvme0n1". Once you do that, run this command

sudo fdisk /dev/nvme0n1 # replace nvme0n1 with whatever the drive label is

Once you've run that, you'll have to partition the drive. Press "g" to write a new partition table. Press "n" and hit enter through all the prompts to make a partition. Press "w" to write the partition table and see if that fixes the installer. 

 

Be warned that the method above will completely format the drive, so be warned. 

[MichaelH0132]

55 minutes ago, Arika S said:

This generally means that the SSD isn't initialized, did you ever install windows on it? or is the new drive what made you decide to switch?

Yes, I have windows running in it and I recently wanted to make the switch 

[demonix00]

Just as a sanity check, did you boot the USB drive in UEFI mode as there might be a chance (I'm no expert in this, so I am taking a big guess) that the drive might not be detected if the live installer is booted in legacy mode.

 

If it is, check to make sure that it can be seen either by using gparted (which should be included on the manjaro live image) or by using the lsblk command in a terminal as any connected drives should be listed at the bottom of the list.

[MichaelH0132]

On 11/16/2021 at 1:07 AM, RONOTHAN## said:

You might need to initialize the drive before you install it. Open up the partition manager (I forget what comes by default on there, it's probably GParted) and see if you can initialize and partition the drive first. If that doesn't work, it's time to fix it in the terminal.

 

Open up the terminal and run the command 

sudo fdisk -l

Look for the drive on there and identify it's label. It'll be something like "/dev/nvme0n1". Once you do that, run this command

sudo fdisk /dev/nvme0n1 # replace nvme0n1 with whatever the drive label is

Once you've run that, you'll have to partition the drive. Press "g" to write a new partition table. Press "n" and hit enter through all the prompts to make a partition. Press "w" to write the partition table and see if that fixes the installer. 

 

Be warned that the method above will completely format the drive, so be warned. 

 

Hello, sorry for the interruption but when I've opened the terminal and typed the command into it, i couldn't find the nvme drive. Help please.

[RONOTHAN##]

15 minutes ago, MichaelH0132 said:

 

Hello, sorry for the interruption but when I've opened the terminal and typed the command into it, i couldn't find the nvme drive. Help please.

Well that's a problem. The NVMe is straight up not there. Does anything show up when you run this command?

ls /dev/ -a | grep nvme

 

You sure it's showing up in the BIOS?

 

If it's in the BIOS and that command outputs nothing, my only thoughts are that it's either a missing driver (but Manjaro has the 2nd most up to date kernel so if that doesn't work you're probably SOL) or your image itself is bad. Have you tried redownloading the Manjaro image and remaking the bootable USB? Something might have broken either when flashing it to the USB or when downloading the ISO (I've had both happen to me before). If that doesn't work, maybe just try a different distro and see if that fixes it?