Issue installing omarchy on Toshiba laptop #3990
Description
Which ISO version are you using?
Omarchy-3.2.2.iso
The installation log
[2025-12-13 20:30:49] - DEBUG - Creating yescrypt hash with rounds 5
[2025-12-13 20:30:56] - DEBUG - Hardware model detected: TOSHIBA Satellite C55-B; UEFI mode: True
[2025-12-13 20:30:56] - DEBUG - Processor model detected: Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU N2840 @ 2.16GHz
[2025-12-13 20:30:56] - DEBUG - Memory statistics: 3409568 available out of 3888172 total installed
[2025-12-13 20:30:56] - DEBUG - Could not detect virtual system: ['/usr/bin/systemd-detect-virt'] exited with abnormal exit code [1]: none
[2025-12-13 20:30:56] - DEBUG - System is not running in a VM: ['/usr/bin/systemd-detect-virt'] exited with abnormal exit code [1]: none
[2025-12-13 20:30:56] - DEBUG - Virtualization detected: None; is VM: False
[2025-12-13 20:30:56] - DEBUG - Graphics devices detected: dict_keys(['Intel Corporation Atom Processor Z36xxx/Z37xxx Series Graphics & Display (rev 0e)'])
[2025-12-13 20:30:56] - DEBUG - Disk states before installing:
{
"blockdevices": [
{
"name": "loop0",
"path": "/dev/loop0",
"pkname": null,
"log_sec": 512,
"size": "6023 MiB",
"pttype": null,
"ptuuid": null,
"rota": true,
"tran": null,
"partn": null,
"partuuid": null,
"parttype": null,
"uuid": null,
"fstype": "squashfs",
"fsver": "4.0",
"fsavail": 0,
"fsuse_percentage": "100%",
"type": "loop",
"mountpoint": "/run/archiso/airootfs",
"mountpoints": [
"/run/archiso/airootfs"
],
"fsroots": [
"/"
],
"children": []
},
{
"name": "sda",
"path": "/dev/sda",
"pkname": null,
"log_sec": 512,
"size": "476940 MiB",
"pttype": "gpt",
"ptuuid": "940d6706-fd28-4c59-bb01-592a4098e1c8",
"rota": true,
"tran": "sata",
"partn": null,
"partuuid": null,
"parttype": null,
"uuid": null,
"fstype": null,
"fsver": null,
"fsavail": null,
"fsuse_percentage": null,
"type": "disk",
"mountpoint": null,
"mountpoints": [],
"fsroots": [],
"children": [
{
"name": "sda1",
"path": "/dev/sda1",
"pkname": "sda",
"log_sec": 512,
"size": "2048 MiB",
"pttype": "gpt",
"ptuuid": "940d6706-fd28-4c59-bb01-592a4098e1c8",
"rota": true,
"tran": null,
"partn": 1,
"partuuid": "9620deae-646e-4f0e-b826-d660550f6ff0",
"parttype": "c12a7328-f81f-11d2-ba4b-00a0c93ec93b",
"uuid": "9EF8-2036",
"fstype": "vfat",
"fsver": "FAT32",
"fsavail": null,
"fsuse_percentage": null,
"type": "part",
"mountpoint": null,
"mountpoints": [],
"fsroots": [],
"children": []
},
{
"name": "sda2",
"path": "/dev/sda2",
"pkname": "sda",
"log_sec": 512,
"size": "474890 MiB",
"pttype": "gpt",
"ptuuid": "940d6706-fd28-4c59-bb01-592a4098e1c8",
"rota": true,
"tran": null,
"partn": 2,
"partuuid": "fdf4fd38-9249-46ee-8c21-4eaed78882c9",
"parttype": "4f68bce3-e8cd-4db1-96e7-fbcaf984b709",
"uuid": "188ddac9-8f40-4a8e-a7da-5ab4ed4a2207",
"fstype": "crypto_LUKS",
"fsver": "2",
"fsavail": null,
"fsuse_percentage": null,
"type": "part",
"mountpoint": null,
"mountpoints": [],
"fsroots": [],
"children": []
}
]
},
{
"name": "sdb",
"path": "/dev/sdb",
"pkname": null,
"log_sec": 512,
"size": "60000 MiB",
"pttype": "dos",
"ptuuid": "44a94b04",
"rota": true,
"tran": "usb",
"partn": null,
"partuuid": null,
"parttype": null,
"uuid": "2025-11-26-07-10-15-00",
"fstype": "iso9660",
"fsver": "Joliet Extension",
"fsavail": null,
"fsuse_percentage": null,
"type": "disk",
"mountpoint": null,
"mountpoints": [],
"fsroots": [],
"children": [
{
"name": "sdb1",
"path": "/dev/sdb1",
"pkname": "sdb",
"log_sec": 512,
"size": "6293 MiB",
"pttype": "dos",
"ptuuid": "44a94b04",
"rota": true,
"tran": null,
"partn": 1,
"partuuid": "44a94b04-01",
"parttype": "0x0",
"uuid": "2025-11-26-07-10-15-00",
"fstype": "iso9660",
"fsver": "Joliet Extension",
"fsavail": 0,
"fsuse_percentage": "100%",
"type": "part",
"mountpoint": "/run/archiso/bootmnt",
"mountpoints": [
"/run/archiso/bootmnt"
],
"fsroots": [
"/"
],
"children": []
},
{
"name": "sdb2",
"path": "/dev/sdb2",
"pkname": "sdb",
"log_sec": 512,
"size": "24 MiB",
"pttype": "dos",
"ptuuid": "44a94b04",
"rota": true,
"tran": null,
"partn": 2,
"partuuid": "44a94b04-02",
"parttype": "0xef",
"uuid": "6926-A7D7",
"fstype": "vfat",
"fsver": "FAT16",
"fsavail": null,
"fsuse_percentage": null,
"type": "part",
"mountpoint": null,
"mountpoints": [],
"fsroots": [],
"children": []
}
]
},
{
"name": "sr0",
"path": "/dev/sr0",
"pkname": null,
"log_sec": 512,
"size": "1023 MiB",
"pttype": null,
"ptuuid": null,
"rota": false,
"tran": "sata",
"partn": null,
"partuuid": null,
"parttype": null,
"uuid": null,
"fstype": null,
"fsver": null,
"fsavail": null,
"fsuse_percentage": null,
"type": "rom",
"mountpoint": null,
"mountpoints": [],
"fsroots": [],
"children": []
}
]
}
[2025-12-13 20:30:56] - INFO - Fetching Arch Linux package database...
[2025-12-13 20:30:56] - INFO - Checking version...
[2025-12-13 20:30:56] - DEBUG - Failed to check for package upgrades: archinstall
[2025-12-13 20:30:56] - DEBUG - No archinstall upgrades found
[2025-12-13 20:30:56] - DEBUG - -- Chosen configuration --
[2025-12-13 20:30:56] - DEBUG - {
"app_config": {
"audio_config": {
"audio": "pipewire"
}
},
"archinstall-language": "English",
"auth_config": {},
"bootloader": "Limine",
"custom_commands": [],
"disk_config": {
"btrfs_options": {
"snapshot_config": {
"type": "Snapper"
}
},
"config_type": "default_layout",
"device_modifications": [
{
"device": "/dev/sda",
"partitions": [
{
"btrfs": [],
"dev_path": null,
"flags": [
"boot",
"esp"
],
"fs_type": "fat32",
"mount_options": [],
"mountpoint": "/boot",
"obj_id": "ea21d3f2-82bb-49cc-ab5d-6f81ae94e18d",
"size": {
"sector_size": {
"unit": "B",
"value": 512
},
"unit": "B",
"value": 2147483648
},
"start": {
"sector_size": {
"unit": "B",
"value": 512
},
"unit": "B",
"value": 1048576
},
"status": "create",
"type": "primary"
},
{
"btrfs": [
{
"mountpoint": "/",
"name": "@"
},
{
"mountpoint": "/home",
"name": "@home"
},
{
"mountpoint": "/var/log",
"name": "@log"
},
{
"mountpoint": "/var/cache/pacman/pkg",
"name": "@pkg"
}
],
"dev_path": null,
"flags": [],
"fs_type": "btrfs",
"mount_options": [
"compress=zstd"
],
"mountpoint": null,
"obj_id": "8c2c2b92-1070-455d-b76a-56263bab24aa",
"size": {
"sector_size": {
"unit": "B",
"value": 512
},
"unit": "B",
"value": 497958256640
},
"start": {
"sector_size": {
"unit": "B",
"value": 512
},
"unit": "B",
"value": 2148532224
},
"status": "create",
"type": "primary"
}
],
"wipe": true
}
],
"disk_encryption": {
"encryption_type": "luks",
"iter_time": 2000,
"lvm_volumes": [],
"partitions": [
"8c2c2b92-1070-455d-b76a-56263bab24aa"
]
}
},
"hostname": "omarchy",
"kernels": [
"linux"
],
"locale_config": {
"kb_layout": "us",
"sys_enc": "UTF-8",
"sys_lang": "en_US.UTF-8"
},
"mirror_config": {
"custom_repositories": [],
"custom_servers": [
{
"url": "https://mirror.omarchy.org/$repo/os/$arch"
},
{
"url": "https://mirror.rackspace.com/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch"
},
{
"url": "https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/$repo/os/$arch"
}
],
"mirror_regions": {},
"optional_repositories": []
},
"network_config": {
"type": "iso"
},
"ntp": true,
"packages": [
"base-devel",
"git",
"omarchy-keyring"
],
"parallel_downloads": 8,
"profile_config": {
"gfx_driver": null,
"greeter": null,
"profile": {}
},
"script": null,
"services": [],
"swap": true,
"timezone": "America/New_York",
"uki": false,
"version": "3.0.13"
}
[2025-12-13 20:31:01] - DEBUG - Unmounting all existing partitions: /dev/sda
[2025-12-13 20:31:01] - DEBUG - Unmounting: /dev/sda1
[2025-12-13 20:31:01] - DEBUG - Unmounting: /dev/sda2
[2025-12-13 20:31:01] - INFO - Wiping partitions and metadata: /dev/sda
[2025-12-13 20:31:02] - DEBUG - Erasing luks partition: /dev/sda2
[2025-12-13 20:31:02] - INFO - Creating partitions: /dev/sda
[2025-12-13 20:31:02] - DEBUG - Type: primary
[2025-12-13 20:31:02] - DEBUG - Filesystem: fat32
[2025-12-13 20:31:02] - DEBUG - Geometry: 2048 start sector, 4194304 length
[2025-12-13 20:31:02] - DEBUG - Type: primary
[2025-12-13 20:31:02] - DEBUG - Filesystem: btrfs
[2025-12-13 20:31:02] - DEBUG - Geometry: 4196352 start sector, 972574720 length
[2025-12-13 20:31:03] - DEBUG - Formatting filesystem: mkfs.fat -F 32 /dev/sda1
[2025-12-13 20:31:03] - DEBUG - partition information found: {"name":"sda1","path":"/dev/sda1","pkname":"sda","log_sec":512,"size":"2048 MiB","pttype":"gpt","ptuuid":"fba3cef1-0d02-4762-8f20-389133b92cfa","rota":true,"tran":null,"partn":1,"partuuid":"e8af253b-597d-46f5-af26-ad7230709e40","parttype":"c12a7328-f81f-11d2-ba4b-00a0c93ec93b","uuid":"D079-6D48","fstype":"vfat","fsver":"FAT32","fsavail":null,"fsuse_percentage":null,"type":"part","mountpoint":null,"mountpoints":[],"fsroots":[],"children":[]}
[2025-12-13 20:31:03] - DEBUG - Luks2 encrypting: /dev/sda2
[2025-12-13 20:31:03] - DEBUG - cryptsetup format: cryptsetup --batch-mode --verbose --type luks2 --pbkdf argon2id --hash sha512 --key-size 512 --iter-time 2000 --use-urandom luksFormat /dev/sda2
[2025-12-13 20:31:11] - DEBUG - cryptsetup luksFormat output: Existing 'crypto_LUKS' superblock signature on device /dev/sda2 will be wiped.
Existing 'crypto_LUKS' superblock signature on device /dev/sda2 will be wiped.
Key slot 0 created.
Command successful.
[2025-12-13 20:31:11] - DEBUG - Unlocking luks2 device: /dev/sda2
[2025-12-13 20:31:14] - DEBUG - cryptsetup open output:
[2025-12-13 20:31:14] - INFO - luks2 formatting mapper dev: /dev/mapper/root
[2025-12-13 20:31:14] - DEBUG - Formatting filesystem: mkfs.btrfs -f /dev/mapper/root
[2025-12-13 20:31:15] - INFO - luks2 locking device: /dev/sda2
[2025-12-13 20:31:15] - DEBUG - Closing crypt device root
[2025-12-13 20:31:16] - DEBUG - partition information found: {"name":"sda2","path":"/dev/sda2","pkname":"sda","log_sec":512,"size":"474890 MiB","pttype":"gpt","ptuuid":"fba3cef1-0d02-4762-8f20-389133b92cfa","rota":true,"tran":null,"partn":2,"partuuid":"af89bd27-6d45-421e-905f-d89c4b10fd84","parttype":"4f68bce3-e8cd-4db1-96e7-fbcaf984b709","uuid":"76d17987-9726-46db-aa92-987a13efde8c","fstype":"crypto_LUKS","fsver":"2","fsavail":null,"fsuse_percentage":null,"type":"part","mountpoint":null,"mountpoints":[],"fsroots":[],"children":[]}
[2025-12-13 20:31:16] - INFO - Creating subvolumes: /dev/sda2
[2025-12-13 20:31:16] - DEBUG - Unlocking luks2 device: /dev/sda2
[2025-12-13 20:31:18] - DEBUG - cryptsetup open output:
[2025-12-13 20:31:18] - DEBUG - Mounting /dev/mapper/root: mount -o compress=zstd /dev/mapper/root /mnt/arch_btrfs
[2025-12-13 20:31:19] - DEBUG - Creating subvolume: @
[2025-12-13 20:31:19] - DEBUG - Creating subvolume: @home
[2025-12-13 20:31:19] - DEBUG - Creating subvolume: @log
[2025-12-13 20:31:19] - DEBUG - Creating subvolume: @pkg
[2025-12-13 20:31:19] - DEBUG - Partition /dev/mapper/root is currently mounted at: ['/mnt/arch_btrfs']
[2025-12-13 20:31:19] - DEBUG - Unmounting mountpoint: /mnt/arch_btrfs
[2025-12-13 20:31:19] - DEBUG - Closing crypt device root
[2025-12-13 20:31:19] - INFO - Starting installation...
[2025-12-13 20:31:19] - DEBUG - Mounting ordered layout
[2025-12-13 20:31:19] - DEBUG - Unlocking luks2 device: /dev/sda2
[2025-12-13 20:31:22] - DEBUG - cryptsetup open output:
[2025-12-13 20:31:22] - DEBUG - Mounting partition layout
[2025-12-13 20:31:22] - DEBUG - Mounting /dev/mapper/root: mount -o compress=zstd,subvol=@ /dev/mapper/root /mnt
[2025-12-13 20:31:22] - DEBUG - Mounting /dev/mapper/root: mount -o compress=zstd,subvol=@home /dev/mapper/root /mnt/home
[2025-12-13 20:31:23] - DEBUG - Mounting /dev/mapper/root: mount -o compress=zstd,subvol=@pkg /dev/mapper/root /mnt/var/cache/pacman/pkg
[2025-12-13 20:31:23] - DEBUG - Mounting /dev/mapper/root: mount -o compress=zstd,subvol=@log /dev/mapper/root /mnt/var/log
[2025-12-13 20:31:23] - DEBUG - Mounting /dev/sda1: mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/boot
[2025-12-13 20:31:23] - INFO - Skipping waiting for automatic time sync (this can cause issues if time is out of sync during installation)
[2025-12-13 20:31:23] - INFO - Waiting for automatic mirror selection (reflector) to complete.
[2025-12-13 20:31:23] - DEBUG - Setting mirrors on live system
[2025-12-13 20:31:23] - DEBUG - Custom servers:
## Custom Servers
Server = https://mirror.omarchy.org/$repo/os/$arch
Server = https://mirror.rackspace.com/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
Server = https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/$repo/os/$arch
[2025-12-13 20:31:23] - DEBUG - System is not running in a VM: ['/usr/bin/systemd-detect-virt'] exited with abnormal exit code [1]: none
[2025-12-13 20:31:23] - DEBUG - Optional repositories: []
[2025-12-13 20:31:23] - INFO - Installing packages: ['base', 'base-devel', 'linux-firmware', 'linux', 'btrfs-progs', 'intel-ucode']
[2025-12-13 20:34:48] - INFO - Setting keyboard language to us
[2025-12-13 20:34:53] - INFO - Keyboard language for this installation is now set to: us
[2025-12-13 20:35:11] - DEBUG - Setting mirrors on target
[2025-12-13 20:35:11] - DEBUG - Custom servers:
## Custom Servers
Server = https://mirror.omarchy.org/$repo/os/$arch
Server = https://mirror.rackspace.com/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
Server = https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/$repo/os/$arch
[2025-12-13 20:35:11] - INFO - Setting up swap on zram
[2025-12-13 20:35:11] - INFO - Installing packages: ['zram-generator']
[2025-12-13 20:35:14] - INFO - Enabling service systemd-zram-setup@zram0.service
[2025-12-13 20:35:14] - INFO - Adding bootloader Limine to /dev/sda1
[2025-12-13 20:35:14] - DEBUG - Installing Limine bootloader
[2025-12-13 20:35:14] - INFO - Installing packages: ['limine']
[2025-12-13 20:35:15] - INFO - Limine boot partition: /dev/sda1
[2025-12-13 20:35:15] - INFO - Installing packages: ['efibootmgr']
[2025-12-13 20:35:16] - INFO - Limine EFI partition: /dev/sda1
[2025-12-13 20:35:22] - ERROR - SysCommand for efibootmgr failed: ['/usr/bin/efibootmgr', '--create', '--disk', '/dev/sda', '--part', '1', '--label', 'Arch Linux Limine Bootloader', '--loader', '/EFI/limine/BOOTX64.EFI', '--unicode', '--verbose'] exited with abnormal exit code [5]: Could not prepare Boot variable: Input/output error
error trace:
efivarfs.c:441 efivarfs_set_variable(): writing to fd 8 failed: Input/output error
lib.c:78 _efi_set_variable_mode(): ops->set_variable() failed: Input/output error
efibootmgr.c:331 make_var(): efi_set_variable failed: Input/output error
efibootmgr.c:341 make_var(): Could not set variable Boot0000: Input/output error
[2025-12-13 20:35:22] - ERROR - Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/lib/installer.py", line 1417, in _add_limine_bootloader
SysCommand(
~~~~~~~~~~^
'efibootmgr'
^^^^^^^^^^^^
...<6 lines>...
' --verbose',
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
)
^
File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/lib/general.py", line 326, in __init__
self.create_session()
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/lib/general.py", line 366, in create_session
with SysCommandWorker(
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^
self.cmd,
^^^^^^^^^
...<3 lines>...
working_directory=self.working_directory,
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
) as session:
^
File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/lib/general.py", line 194, in __exit__
raise SysCallError(
...<3 lines>...
)
archinstall.lib.exceptions.SysCallError: ['/usr/bin/efibootmgr', '--create', '--disk', '/dev/sda', '--part', '1', '--label', 'Arch Linux Limine Bootloader', '--loader', '/EFI/limine/BOOTX64.EFI', '--unicode', '--verbose'] exited with abnormal exit code [5]: Could not prepare Boot variable: Input/output error
error trace:
efivarfs.c:441 efivarfs_set_variable(): writing to fd 8 failed: Input/output error
lib.c:78 _efi_set_variable_mode(): ops->set_variable() failed: Input/output error
efibootmgr.c:331 make_var(): efi_set_variable failed: Input/output error
efibootmgr.c:341 make_var(): Could not set variable Boot0000: Input/output error
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/__init__.py", line 127, in run_as_a_module
rc = main()
File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/__init__.py", line 117, in main
importlib.import_module(mod_name)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3.13/importlib/__init__.py", line 88, in import_module
return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1387, in _gcd_import
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1360, in _find_and_load
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1331, in _find_and_load_unlocked
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 935, in _load_unlocked
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 1026, in exec_module
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 488, in _call_with_frames_removed
File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/scripts/guided.py", line 212, in <module>
guided()
~~~~~~^^
File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/scripts/guided.py", line 209, in guided
perform_installation(arch_config_handler.args.mountpoint)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/scripts/guided.py", line 106, in perform_installation
installation.add_bootloader(config.bootloader, config.uki)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/lib/installer.py", line 1649, in add_bootloader
self._add_limine_bootloader(boot_partition, efi_partition, root, uki_enabled)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/lib/installer.py", line 1428, in _add_limine_bootloader
raise ValueError(f'SysCommand for efibootmgr failed: {err}')
ValueError: SysCommand for efibootmgr failed: ['/usr/bin/efibootmgr', '--create', '--disk', '/dev/sda', '--part', '1', '--label', 'Arch Linux Limine Bootloader', '--loader', '/EFI/limine/BOOTX64.EFI', '--unicode', '--verbose'] exited with abnormal exit code [5]: Could not prepare Boot variable: Input/output error
error trace:
efivarfs.c:441 efivarfs_set_variable(): writing to fd 8 failed: Input/output error
lib.c:78 _efi_set_variable_mode(): ops->set_variable() failed: Input/output error
efibootmgr.c:331 make_var(): efi_set_variable failed: Input/output error
efibootmgr.c:341 make_var(): Could not set variable Boot0000: Input/output error
[2025-12-13 20:35:22] - WARNING - Archinstall experienced the above error. If you think this is a bug, please report it to
https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall and include the log file "/var/log/archinstall/install.log".
Hint: To extract the log from a live ISO
curl -F'file=@/var/log/archinstall/install.log' https://0x0.stdescribe the problem
Description of the issue
I was installing Omarchy on Toshiba Satellite laptop (2016-ish model)
Then archinstall crashed in the middle of the install