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A bit of context: I was sick and tired with windows so I deleted my machine and switched to kali as it is good for ethical hacking and pen-testing. However, when I am finished installing it, it makes me restart to complete the installation but I am booted into the bios and the installation disappeared

[SleepDeprivationTheITGuy]

Linux doesn't usually show up as the boot option like Windows does, from my experience. I did this on a laptop and while I was booted automatically back into the OS, my boot option didn't appear as "Garuda Linux" (for example), it appeared just as the name of the SSD I had it installed on. On older machines, it might be even more generic with something like "Internal HDD".

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36 minutes ago, SleepDeprivationTheITGuy said:

Linux doesn't usually show up as the boot option like Windows does, from my experience. I did this on a laptop and while I was booted automatically back into the OS, my boot option didn't appear as "Garuda Linux" (for example), it appeared just as the name of the SSD I had it installed on. On older machines, it might be even more generic with something like "Internal HDD".

I know what you are saying but the os itself is not there on the pc

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14 minutes ago, LloydLynx said:

As in the installation isn't on the drive? 

no, after the setup is complete and I reboot the pc the os has disappeared into thin air.

[Eigenvektor]

20 minutes ago, swabro said:

no, after the setup is complete and I reboot the pc the os has disappeared into thin air.

If you boot from the installation media again, can you see the installation on the drive? You should be able to see that it copied files there if you mount the drive.

 

One possible pitfall I can think of: Make sure to select the SSD when it comes to installing the boot loader. Make sure it doesn't default to the USB stick.

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9 hours ago, Eigenvektor said:

If you boot from the installation media again, can you see the installation on the drive? You should be able to see that it copied files there if you mount the drive.

 

One possible pitfall I can think of: Make sure to select the SSD when it comes to installing the boot loader. Make sure it doesn't default to the USB stick.

Yes I can see the installation on the drive one thing that I ran into was that I though if I changed Linux distro to manjaro cuz it suited my needs better for gaming I found out that in the advanced options it showed me that kali was installed and everything and that I can boot into it but the bios did not, the only thing I can think is to now use manjaro as a live image via usb and format the drive

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ok so while installing manjaro linux I noticed it the loading screen was very long so I went to the kernel messages and it said this: a start job is running for livemedia mhwd script manjaro linux(3min / no limit)

[10leej]

Kali is not intended to be used on baremetal systems. Use a better purposed distro like Ubuntu.

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1 hour ago, 10leej said:

Kali is not intended to be used on baremetal systems. Use a better purposed distro like Ubuntu.

I agree so I formatted my drive and am installing manjaro as want to use it for gaming but when i am installing it I am getting an error that says boost.python in job "unpackfs" any ideas?

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1 hour ago, Mansoor Barri said:

It could have become corrupted during installation; this happened to me, and later I discovered that the USB port was loose, so I switched the USB and the port, and it fixed itself.

Ic I will try that Ty for the response

[peotr26]

On 12/31/2022 at 8:37 PM, swabro said:

I agree so I formatted my drive and am installing manjaro as want to use it for gaming but when i am installing it I am getting an error that says boost.python in job "unpackfs" any ideas?

Manjaro and all Arch based distros aren't good distros for beginner. They tend to break more easily. Also, the Manjaro project has been doing really weird stuffs for a while now. The issue you are encountering is due to the installer Calamares. Other people have reported the issue, and it seems to have something to do with the way you flashed the ISO and the boot mode. If you want to go deeper, here are some links :

• NOOB - Problem installing - Lubuntu Support - Lubuntu Discourse
• system installation - Encountering "Boost.Python error script „unpackfs" while trying to install Lubuntu 18.10 - Ask Ubuntu

Now, the easy way is to try an easy-to-use distro that is also stable. Something like Ubuntu, or most user-friendly distros based on Debian/Ubuntu. Here is a list of distros that I had good experience with:

• Linux Mint
• Ubuntu and its flavours (Kubuntu, Xubuntu, etc)
• Pop!_OS
• Zorin OS
• KDE Neon (uses the Calamares installer, so you might get the same issue)

I hoped that was of any help.

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6 hours ago, peotr26 said:

Manjaro and all Arch based distros aren't good distros for beginner. They tend to break more easily. Also, the Manjaro project has been doing really weird stuffs for a while now. The issue you are encountering is due to the installer Calamares. Other people have reported the issue, and it seems to have something to do with the way you flashed the ISO and the boot mode. If you want to go deeper, here are some links :

• NOOB - Problem installing - Lubuntu Support - Lubuntu Discourse
• system installation - Encountering "Boost.Python error script „unpackfs" while trying to install Lubuntu 18.10 - Ask Ubuntu

Now, the easy way is to try an easy-to-use distro that is also stable. Something like Ubuntu, or most user-friendly distros based on Debian/Ubuntu. Here is a list of distros that I had good experience with:

• Linux Mint
• Ubuntu and its flavours (Kubuntu, Xubuntu, etc)
• Pop!_OS
• Zorin OS
• KDE Neon (uses the Calamares installer, so you might get the same issue)

I hoped that was of any help.

ty for the advice I managed to fix the issue and now it running like a charm