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archlinux-2025.04.01-x86_64.iso
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[2025-04-27 04:57:09] - DEBUG - Hardware model detected: HP OMEN by HP Laptop 15-dc0xxx; UEFI mode: True
[2025-04-27 04:57:09] - DEBUG - Processor model detected: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-8300H CPU @ 2.30GHz
[2025-04-27 04:57:09] - DEBUG - Memory statistics: 6563812 available out of 7969480 total installed
[2025-04-27 04:57:09] - DEBUG - Could not detect virtual system: ['/usr/bin/systemd-detect-virt'] exited with abnormal exit code [1]: none
[2025-04-27 04:57:09] - DEBUG - System is not running in a VM: ['/usr/bin/systemd-detect-virt'] exited with abnormal exit code [1]: none
[2025-04-27 04:57:09] - DEBUG - Virtualization detected: None; is VM: False
[2025-04-27 04:57:10] - DEBUG - Graphics devices detected: dict_keys(['Intel Corporation CoffeeLake-H GT2 [UHD Graphics 630]', 'NVIDIA Corporation GP107M [GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile] (rev a1)'])
[2025-04-27 04:57:10] - DEBUG - Disk states before installing:
{
"blockdevices": [
{
"name": "loop0",
"path": "/dev/loop0",
"pkname": null,
"log_sec": 512,
"size": "841 MiB",
"pttype": null,
"ptuuid": null,
"rota": false,
"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": "2011 MiB",
"pttype": "dos",
"ptuuid": "81e44903",
"rota": true,
"tran": "usb",
"partn": null,
"partuuid": null,
"parttype": null,
"uuid": "2025-04-01-14-28-13-00",
"fstype": "iso9660",
"fsver": "Joliet Extension",
"fsavail": null,
"fsuse_percentage": null,
"type": "disk",
"mountpoint": null,
"mountpoints": [],
"fsroots": [],
"children": [
{
"name": "sda1",
"path": "/dev/sda1",
"pkname": "sda",
"log_sec": 512,
"size": "1006 MiB",
"pttype": "dos",
"ptuuid": "81e44903",
"rota": true,
"tran": null,
"partn": 1,
"partuuid": "81e44903-01",
"parttype": "0x0",
"uuid": "2025-04-01-14-28-13-00",
"fstype": "iso9660",
"fsver": "Joliet Extension",
"fsavail": null,
"fsuse_percentage": null,
"type": "part",
"mountpoint": null,
"mountpoints": [],
"fsroots": [],
"children": []
},
{
"name": "sda2",
"path": "/dev/sda2",
"pkname": "sda",
"log_sec": 512,
"size": "172 MiB",
"pttype": "dos",
"ptuuid": "81e44903",
"rota": true,
"tran": null,
"partn": 2,
"partuuid": "81e44903-02",
"parttype": "0xef",
"uuid": "67EB-F7FD",
"fstype": "vfat",
"fsver": "FAT32",
"fsavail": null,
"fsuse_percentage": null,
"type": "part",
"mountpoint": null,
"mountpoints": [],
"fsroots": [],
"children": []
}
]
},
{
"name": "nvme0n1",
"path": "/dev/nvme0n1",
"pkname": null,
"log_sec": 512,
"size": "244198 MiB",
"pttype": "gpt",
"ptuuid": "0d5a0ddc-ed10-48d4-b260-d99cc7c9d934",
"rota": false,
"tran": "nvme",
"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": "nvme0n1p1",
"path": "/dev/nvme0n1p1",
"pkname": "nvme0n1",
"log_sec": 512,
"size": "300 MiB",
"pttype": "gpt",
"ptuuid": "0d5a0ddc-ed10-48d4-b260-d99cc7c9d934",
"rota": false,
"tran": "nvme",
"partn": 1,
"partuuid": "3794dca9-4ce2-4a6f-87d2-98740bc087c5",
"parttype": "c12a7328-f81f-11d2-ba4b-00a0c93ec93b",
"uuid": "A847-574A",
"fstype": "vfat",
"fsver": "FAT32",
"fsavail": null,
"fsuse_percentage": null,
"type": "part",
"mountpoint": null,
"mountpoints": [],
"fsroots": [],
"children": []
},
{
"name": "nvme0n1p2",
"path": "/dev/nvme0n1p2",
"pkname": "nvme0n1",
"log_sec": 512,
"size": "16 MiB",
"pttype": "gpt",
"ptuuid": "0d5a0ddc-ed10-48d4-b260-d99cc7c9d934",
"rota": false,
"tran": "nvme",
"partn": 2,
"partuuid": "af9fd15a-cbd6-4f66-a533-6787aaeb8d3e",
"parttype": "e3c9e316-0b5c-4db8-817d-f92df00215ae",
"uuid": "397d0b5b-db2e-43e7-b72b-d4ea0ad297f0",
"fstype": "btrfs",
"fsver": null,
"fsavail": null,
"fsuse_percentage": null,
"type": "part",
"mountpoint": null,
"mountpoints": [],
"fsroots": [],
"children": []
},
{
"name": "nvme0n1p3",
"path": "/dev/nvme0n1p3",
"pkname": "nvme0n1",
"log_sec": 512,
"size": "243880 MiB",
"pttype": "gpt",
"ptuuid": "0d5a0ddc-ed10-48d4-b260-d99cc7c9d934",
"rota": false,
"tran": "nvme",
"partn": 3,
"partuuid": "d67de11c-83c5-46c7-b61e-1c650c6b6337",
"parttype": "ebd0a0a2-b9e5-4433-87c0-68b6b72699c7",
"uuid": "1074A89574A87F5A",
"fstype": "ntfs",
"fsver": null,
"fsavail": null,
"fsuse_percentage": null,
"type": "part",
"mountpoint": null,
"mountpoints": [],
"fsroots": [],
"children": []
}
]
}
]
}
[2025-04-27 04:57:10] - INFO - Fetching Arch Linux package database...
[2025-04-27 04:57:12] - INFO - Checking version...
[2025-04-27 04:57:12] - DEBUG - Failed determine pacman version: ['/usr/bin/pacman', '-Qu', 'archinstall'] exited with abnormal exit code [1]: [?25l[?25h
[2025-04-27 04:57:12] - DEBUG - Mounting /dev/nvme0n1p2: mount /dev/nvme0n1p2 /mnt/arch_btrfs
[2025-04-27 04:57:12] - ERROR - Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/lib/disk/device_handler.py", line 780, in mount
SysCommand(command)
~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/lib/general.py", line 347, in __init__
self.create_session()
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/lib/general.py", line 387, in create_session
with SysCommandWorker(
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^
self.cmd,
^^^^^^^^^
...<3 lines>...
remove_vt100_escape_codes_from_lines=self.remove_vt100_escape_codes_from_lines,
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
working_directory=self.working_directory) as session:
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/lib/general.py", line 199, in __exit__
raise SysCallError(
...<3 lines>...
)
archinstall.lib.exceptions.SysCallError: ['/usr/bin/mount', '/dev/nvme0n1p2', '/mnt/arch_btrfs'] exited with abnormal exit code [32]: mount: /mnt/arch_btrfs: can't read superblock on /dev/nvme0n1p2.
dmesg(1) may have more information after failed mount system call.
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 103, in run_as_a_module
main()
~~~~^^
File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/__init__.py", line 96, 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 6, in <module>
from archinstall.lib.disk.filesystem import FilesystemHandler
File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/lib/disk/filesystem.py", line 9, in <module>
from ..interactions.general_conf import ask_abort
File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/lib/interactions/__init__.py", line 1, in <module>
from .disk_conf import (
...<6 lines>...
)
File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/lib/interactions/disk_conf.py", line 5, in <module>
from archinstall.lib.disk.device_handler import device_handler
File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/lib/disk/device_handler.py", line 876, in <module>
device_handler = DeviceHandler()
File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/lib/disk/device_handler.py", line 56, in __init__
self.load_devices()
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/lib/disk/device_handler.py", line 113, in load_devices
subvol_infos = self.get_btrfs_info(partition.path, lsblk_info)
File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/lib/disk/device_handler.py", line 223, in get_btrfs_info
self.mount(dev_path, self._TMP_BTRFS_MOUNT, create_target_mountpoint=True)
~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/lib/disk/device_handler.py", line 782, in mount
raise DiskError(f'Could not mount {dev_path}: {command}\n{err.message}')
archinstall.lib.exceptions.DiskError: Could not mount /dev/nvme0n1p2: mount /dev/nvme0n1p2 /mnt/arch_btrfs
['/usr/bin/mount', '/dev/nvme0n1p2', '/mnt/arch_btrfs'] exited with abnormal exit code [32]: mount: /mnt/arch_btrfs: can't read superblock on /dev/nvme0n1p2.
dmesg(1) may have more information after failed mount system call.
[2025-04-27 04:57:13] - 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.st
[2025-04-27 02:58:25] - DEBUG - Hardware model detected: HP OMEN by HP Laptop 15-dc0xxx; UEFI mode: True
[2025-04-27 02:58:25] - DEBUG - Processor model detected: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-8300H CPU @ 2.30GHz
[2025-04-27 02:58:25] - DEBUG - Memory statistics: 6558408 available out of 7969480 total installed
[2025-04-27 02:58:25] - DEBUG - Could not detect virtual system: ['/usr/bin/systemd-detect-virt'] exited with abnormal exit code [1]: none
[2025-04-27 02:58:25] - DEBUG - System is not running in a VM: ['/usr/bin/systemd-detect-virt'] exited with abnormal exit code [1]: none
[2025-04-27 02:58:25] - DEBUG - Virtualization detected: None; is VM: False
[2025-04-27 02:58:26] - DEBUG - Graphics devices detected: dict_keys(['Intel Corporation CoffeeLake-H GT2 [UHD Graphics 630]', 'NVIDIA Corporation GP107M [GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile] (rev a1)'])
[2025-04-27 02:58:26] - DEBUG - Disk states before installing:
{
"blockdevices": [
{
"name": "loop0",
"path": "/dev/loop0",
"pkname": null,
"log_sec": 512,
"size": "841 MiB",
"pttype": null,
"ptuuid": null,
"rota": false,
"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": "2011 MiB",
"pttype": "dos",
"ptuuid": "81e44903",
"rota": true,
"tran": "usb",
"partn": null,
"partuuid": null,
"parttype": null,
"uuid": "2025-04-01-14-28-13-00",
"fstype": "iso9660",
"fsver": "Joliet Extension",
"fsavail": null,
"fsuse_percentage": null,
"type": "disk",
"mountpoint": null,
"mountpoints": [],
"fsroots": [],
"children": [
{
"name": "sda1",
"path": "/dev/sda1",
"pkname": "sda",
"log_sec": 512,
"size": "1006 MiB",
"pttype": "dos",
"ptuuid": "81e44903",
"rota": true,
"tran": null,
"partn": 1,
"partuuid": "81e44903-01",
"parttype": "0x0",
"uuid": "2025-04-01-14-28-13-00",
"fstype": "iso9660",
"fsver": "Joliet Extension",
"fsavail": null,
"fsuse_percentage": null,
"type": "part",
"mountpoint": null,
"mountpoints": [],
"fsroots": [],
"children": []
},
{
"name": "sda2",
"path": "/dev/sda2",
"pkname": "sda",
"log_sec": 512,
"size": "172 MiB",
"pttype": "dos",
"ptuuid": "81e44903",
"rota": true,
"tran": null,
"partn": 2,
"partuuid": "81e44903-02",
"parttype": "0xef",
"uuid": "67EB-F7FD",
"fstype": "vfat",
"fsver": "FAT32",
"fsavail": null,
"fsuse_percentage": null,
"type": "part",
"mountpoint": null,
"mountpoints": [],
"fsroots": [],
"children": []
}
]
},
{
"name": "nvme0n1",
"path": "/dev/nvme0n1",
"pkname": null,
"log_sec": 512,
"size": "244198 MiB",
"pttype": "gpt",
"ptuuid": "0d5a0ddc-ed10-48d4-b260-d99cc7c9d934",
"rota": false,
"tran": "nvme",
"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": "nvme0n1p1",
"path": "/dev/nvme0n1p1",
"pkname": "nvme0n1",
"log_sec": 512,
"size": "300 MiB",
"pttype": "gpt",
"ptuuid": "0d5a0ddc-ed10-48d4-b260-d99cc7c9d934",
"rota": false,
"tran": "nvme",
"partn": 1,
"partuuid": "3794dca9-4ce2-4a6f-87d2-98740bc087c5",
"parttype": "c12a7328-f81f-11d2-ba4b-00a0c93ec93b",
"uuid": "A847-574A",
"fstype": "vfat",
"fsver": "FAT32",
"fsavail": null,
"fsuse_percentage": null,
"type": "part",
"mountpoint": null,
"mountpoints": [],
"fsroots": [],
"children": []
},
{
"name": "nvme0n1p2",
"path": "/dev/nvme0n1p2",
"pkname": "nvme0n1",
"log_sec": 512,
"size": "16 MiB",
"pttype": "gpt",
"ptuuid": "0d5a0ddc-ed10-48d4-b260-d99cc7c9d934",
"rota": false,
"tran": "nvme",
"partn": 2,
"partuuid": "af9fd15a-cbd6-4f66-a533-6787aaeb8d3e",
"parttype": "e3c9e316-0b5c-4db8-817d-f92df00215ae",
"uuid": "397d0b5b-db2e-43e7-b72b-d4ea0ad297f0",
"fstype": "btrfs",
"fsver": null,
"fsavail": null,
"fsuse_percentage": null,
"type": "part",
"mountpoint": null,
"mountpoints": [],
"fsroots": [],
"children": []
},
{
"name": "nvme0n1p3",
"path": "/dev/nvme0n1p3",
"pkname": "nvme0n1",
"log_sec": 512,
"size": "243880 MiB",
"pttype": "gpt",
"ptuuid": "0d5a0ddc-ed10-48d4-b260-d99cc7c9d934",
"rota": false,
"tran": "nvme",
"partn": 3,
"partuuid": "d67de11c-83c5-46c7-b61e-1c650c6b6337",
"parttype": "ebd0a0a2-b9e5-4433-87c0-68b6b72699c7",
"uuid": "1074A89574A87F5A",
"fstype": "ntfs",
"fsver": null,
"fsavail": null,
"fsuse_percentage": null,
"type": "part",
"mountpoint": null,
"mountpoints": [],
"fsroots": [],
"children": []
}
]
}
]
}
[2025-04-27 02:58:26] - INFO - Fetching Arch Linux package database...
[2025-04-27 02:58:27] - INFO - Checking version...
[2025-04-27 02:58:28] - DEBUG - Failed determine pacman version: ['/usr/bin/pacman', '-Qu', 'archinstall'] exited with abnormal exit code [1]: [?25l[?25h
[2025-04-27 02:58:28] - DEBUG - Mounting /dev/nvme0n1p2: mount /dev/nvme0n1p2 /mnt/arch_btrfs
[2025-04-27 02:58:28] - ERROR - Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/lib/disk/device_handler.py", line 780, in mount
SysCommand(command)
~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/lib/general.py", line 347, in __init__
self.create_session()
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/lib/general.py", line 387, in create_session
with SysCommandWorker(
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^
self.cmd,
^^^^^^^^^
...<3 lines>...
remove_vt100_escape_codes_from_lines=self.remove_vt100_escape_codes_from_lines,
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
working_directory=self.working_directory) as session:
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/lib/general.py", line 199, in __exit__
raise SysCallError(
...<3 lines>...
)
archinstall.lib.exceptions.SysCallError: ['/usr/bin/mount', '/dev/nvme0n1p2', '/mnt/arch_btrfs'] exited with abnormal exit code [32]: mount: /mnt/arch_btrfs: can't read superblock on /dev/nvme0n1p2.
dmesg(1) may have more information after failed mount system call.
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 103, in run_as_a_module
main()
~~~~^^
File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/__init__.py", line 96, 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 6, in <module>
from archinstall.lib.disk.filesystem import FilesystemHandler
File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/lib/disk/filesystem.py", line 9, in <module>
from ..interactions.general_conf import ask_abort
File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/lib/interactions/__init__.py", line 1, in <module>
from .disk_conf import (
...<6 lines>...
)
File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/lib/interactions/disk_conf.py", line 5, in <module>
from archinstall.lib.disk.device_handler import device_handler
File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/lib/disk/device_handler.py", line 876, in <module>
device_handler = DeviceHandler()
File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/lib/disk/device_handler.py", line 56, in __init__
self.load_devices()
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/lib/disk/device_handler.py", line 113, in load_devices
subvol_infos = self.get_btrfs_info(partition.path, lsblk_info)
File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/lib/disk/device_handler.py", line 223, in get_btrfs_info
self.mount(dev_path, self._TMP_BTRFS_MOUNT, create_target_mountpoint=True)
~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/archinstall/lib/disk/device_handler.py", line 782, in mount
raise DiskError(f'Could not mount {dev_path}: {command}\n{err.message}')
archinstall.lib.exceptions.DiskError: Could not mount /dev/nvme0n1p2: mount /dev/nvme0n1p2 /mnt/arch_btrfs
['/usr/bin/mount', '/dev/nvme0n1p2', '/mnt/arch_btrfs'] exited with abnormal exit code [32]: mount: /mnt/arch_btrfs: can't read superblock on /dev/nvme0n1p2.
dmesg(1) may have more information after failed mount system call.
[2025-04-27 02:58:28] - 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.st
describe the problem
installing arch on my laptop and when i typed archinstall it waited a bit and then spit out the error above. It wasnt a virtual machine
Are you intending on using the entire disk for Arch?
If so, can you try manually wiping the disk first before you run archinstall?
