Installation fails on Phase 2

[j2mcgreg]

a USB 3.2 256gb pendrive
https://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-256GB-Ul ... 217M5?th=1

Sandisk flash drives are notorious for a write protection problem. See here:
https://www.google.com/search?q=sandisk ... BiGAxiABBi
You probably should try a drive from another manufacturer.

[Tuhoiisa]

a USB 3.2 256gb pendrive
https://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-256GB-Ul ... 217M5?th=1

Sandisk flash drives are notorious for a write protection problem. See here:
https://www.google.com/search?q=sandisk ... BiGAxiABBi
You probably should try a drive from another manufacturer.

trying gparted now if it fails too i will try another disk i guess

[fehlix]

Ok what's happening is that the blkdiscard command we use to clear partition tables is failing. why I do not know.

The wrongly reported TRIM supported of the attached device, is misleading and makes blkdiscard fail.
The currently detection of running in VirtualBox for known wrongly reported trim-support is not sufficient,
but with adding a catch all.
So instead of a big Failure popup:

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2024-11-22 16:38:40.977 DBG default: SErr #32: "blkdiscard: Operation forced, data will be lost!\nblkdiscard: /dev/sdb: BLKDISCARD ioctl failed: Operation not supported\n"
2024-11-22 16:38:40.977 DBG default: Exit #32: 1
2024-11-22 16:38:40.977 DBG default: -- FAILED Phase 2 - Failed to prepare required partitions. --

it uses catch all which looks within the log like this:

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2024-11-22 16:42:48.948 DBG default: Exec #30: blkdiscard -fv -l 4194304 /dev/sdb
2024-11-22 16:42:48.951 DBG default: SErr #30: "blkdiscard: Operation forced, data will be lost!\nblkdiscard: /dev/sdb: BLKDISCARD ioctl failed: Operation not supported\n"
2024-11-22 16:42:48.951 DBG default: Exit #30: 1
2024-11-22 16:42:48.951 DBG default: Exec #31: blkdiscard -fvz -l 4194304 /dev/sdb
2024-11-22 16:42:49.139 DBG default: SOut #31: "/dev/sdb: Zero-filled 4194304 bytes from the offset 0\n"
2024-11-22 16:42:49.140 DBG default: SErr #31: "blkdiscard: Operation forced, data will be lost!\n"
2024-11-22 16:42:49.140 DBG default: Exit #31: 0

when it fails due to wrongly reported trim-support, it retreis w/o trim but dump-zeros.

I do rather ask first, in case you have already fixed it in another way, otherwise
let me send a PR to the installer (gazelle-installer) on github.
The fix was tested where the original install fail on an attached USB-device (64Gb Sandisk stick),
and fix worked also to install on entire drive, probably also with manually partitioning within the Installer.

[dolphin_oracle]

@fehlix go ahead. I haven't fixed it yet. there are a number of blkdiscard calls.

although given that gparted also failed, I'm not sure it will help the OP, but I think it is the right thing to do.

[fehlix]

@fehlix go ahead. I haven't fixed it yet. there are a number of blkdiscard calls.

I think I catched all. So yes it is a reproducable "bug" which get fixed with the catch all.

although given that gparted also failed, I'm not sure it will help the OP, but I think it is the right thing to do.

OP hasn't reported gparted fails, at least I can't see.
+++EDIT+++
Send a PR.
Done!

[dolphin_oracle]

@fehlix will check out PR tonight.

I read this post viewtopic.php?p=799110#p799110 as saying gparted failed. Maybe teh OP meant the installer after partitioning but the picture included is gparted.

[fehlix]

@fehlix will check out PR tonight.

I read this post viewtopic.php?p=799110#p799110 as saying gparted failed. Maybe teh OP meant the installer after partitioning but the picture included is gparted.

That's a "if it fails too" not a "it failed too"

trying gparted now if it fails too i will try another disk i guess

[dolphin_oracle]

@fehlix will check out PR tonight.

I read this post viewtopic.php?p=799110#p799110 as saying gparted failed. Maybe teh OP meant the installer after partitioning but the picture included is gparted.

That's a "if it fails too" not a "it failed too"

trying gparted now if it fails too i will try another disk i guess

lol.

[fehlix]

Booting now from the MX-Installer-to-USB stick:

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Snapshot created on: 20241121_1904
System:
  Kernel: 6.11.9-1-liquorix-amd64 [6.11-14~mx23ahs] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0 parameters: audit=0
    intel_pstate=disable BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.11.9-1-liquorix-amd64 root=UUID=<filter> ro
    quiet menu_timeout=6 module_blacklist=floppy overlay.index=0 splash init=/lib/systemd/systemd
  Desktop: Xfce v: 4.18.1 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.36 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm v: 4.18.0 vt: 7
    dm: LightDM v: 1.26.0 Distro: MX-23.4_ahs_x64 Libretto September 15  2024 base: Debian GNU/Linux
    12 (bookworm)
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: AZW model: SER v: V1 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends
    LLC. v: SER6proMax_P5C8V20 date: 08/15/2023
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS with Radeon Graphics bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 3+ gen: 4
    level: v3 note: check built: 2022 process: TSMC n6 (7nm) family: 0x19 (25) model-id: 0x44 (68)
    stepping: 1 microcode: 0xA404102
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 8 tpc: 2 threads: 16 smt: enabled cache: L1: 512 KiB
    desc: d-8x32 KiB; i-8x32 KiB L2: 4 MiB desc: 8x512 KiB L3: 16 MiB desc: 1x16 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1293 high: 3651 min/max: 400/4829 boost: enabled scaling:
    driver: amd-pstate-epp governor: performance cores: 1: 400 2: 400 3: 400 4: 400 5: 3169 6: 400
    7: 400 8: 400 9: 3651 10: 400 11: 3150 12: 400 13: 3159 14: 400 15: 3167 16: 400
    bogomips: 102210
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
  Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed status: Not affected
  Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Vulnerable: Safe RET, no microcode
  Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines; IBPB: conditional; IBRS_FW; STIBP: always-on; RSB
    filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Rembrandt [Radeon 680M] driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: RDNA-2 code: Navi-2x
    process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-22 pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports:
    active: HDMI-A-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-3, DP-4, DP-5, DP-6, DP-7, Writeback-1 bus-ID: e6:00.0
    chip-ID: 1002:1681 class-ID: 0300 temp: 34.0 C
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 compositor: xfwm v: 4.18.0 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu
    unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.00x11.22") s-diag: 582mm (22.93")
  Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-A-0 model: MD20581 built: 2016 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 82
    gamma: 1.2 size: 597x336mm (23.5x13.23") diag: 676mm (26.6") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080
    min: 720x400
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 24.2.2-1~mx23ahs renderer: AMD Radeon 680M (radeonsi rembrandt LLVM
    15.0.6 DRM 3.59 6.11.9-1-liquorix-amd64) direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: AMD Rembrandt Radeon High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4
    speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: e6:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:1640 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: AMD ACP/ACP3X/ACP6x Audio Coprocessor driver: snd_pci_acp6x v: kernel
    alternate: snd_pci_acp3x, snd_rn_pci_acp3x, snd_pci_acp5x, snd_acp_pci, snd_rpl_pci_acp6x,
    snd_pci_ps, snd_sof_amd_renoir, snd_sof_amd_rembrandt, snd_sof_amd_vangogh, snd_sof_amd_acp63
    pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: e6:00.5 chip-ID: 1022:15e2 class-ID: 0480
  Device-3: AMD Family 17h/19h HD Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4
    speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: e6:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.11.9-1-liquorix-amd64 status: kernel-api tools: alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.0 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
    2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
    tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Ethernet I225-V driver: igc v: kernel pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1
    port: N/A bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:15f3 class-ID: 0200
  IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1
    bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:2723 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlan0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel AX200 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 3-3:2 chip-ID: 8087:0029
    class-ID: e001
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 3.0 lmp-v: 5.2
    sub-v: 2184 hci-v: 5.2 rev: 2184
  Info: acl-mtu: 1021:4 sco-mtu: 96:6 link-policy: rswitch sniff link-mode: peripheral accept
    service-classes: rendering, capturing, object transfer, audio, telephony
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 2.78 TiB used: 17.89 GiB (0.6%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:12 vendor: Crucial model: CT1000P3PSSD8 size: 931.51 GiB
    block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter>
    rev: P9CR40A temp: 25.9 C scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 980 PRO 2TB size: 1.82 TiB
    block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter>
    rev: 5B2QGXA7 temp: 24.9 C scheme: GPT
  ID-3: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 type: USB vendor: SanDisk model: USB 3.2Gen1 size: 57.3 GiB
    block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 1.00 scheme: GPT
  SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 57.05 GiB size: 55.86 GiB (97.90%) used: 17.89 GiB (32.0%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 256 MiB size: 252 MiB (98.46%) used: 274 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat
    dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swap/swap
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 40.4 C mobo: 29.5 C gpu: amdgpu temp: 34.0 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos:
  Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 2350 libs: 1201 tools: apt,apt-get,aptitude,nala,synaptic pm: rpm
    pkgs: 0
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
    2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list
    1: deb http://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/mxlinux/packages/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
    2: deb http://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/mxlinux/packages/mx/repo/ bookworm ahs
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nala-sources.list
    1: deb http://debian.intergenia.de/debian/ bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/extrepo_librewolf.sources
    1: deb [arch=amd64] https://repo.librewolf.net librewolf main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx-repo-ahs.nl-hh-fau-bookworm.sources
    1: deb https://mirror.plusserver.com/mxlinux/mxlinux/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free ahs
    2: deb https://ftp.fau.de/mxlinux-packages/mx/repo bookworm main non-free ahs
    3: deb https://mxlinux.mirror.iphh.net/packages/mx/repo bookworm main non-free ahs
Info:
  Processes: 397 Uptime: 2m wakeups: 1 Memory: 58.6 GiB used: 2.09 GiB (3.6%) Init: systemd v: 252
  target: graphical (5) default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 alt: 12
  Client: shell wrapper v: 5.2.15-release inxi: 3.3.26
Boot Mode: UEFI

TBH, I'd rather prefer creating an MX LiveUSB instead of directly installing onto a USB-stick,
but anyway seems to work now.

[FullScale4Me]

Sandisk flash drives are notorious for a write protection problem. See here:
https://www.google.com/search?q=sandisk ... BiGAxiABBi
You probably should try a drive from another manufacturer.

Sandisk, like the PC makers, has a bargain offering and a better one. In Sandisk's case, in general, you can use their 'Ultra' (vs. 'Cruiser') as being OK. USB drives should NEVER be price-shopped. I use reviews exclusively, regardless of whether another is $1-3 USD cheaper. There are some duds in their 'Ultra' offering. The aggrevation is NOT worth it to me!

My recent Sandisk USB purchase - $11.99 USD https://www.newegg.com/sandisk-model-sdcz48-128g-u46-128gb/p/0BD-000B-002P0?Item=0BD-000B-002P0

Sandisk 256 Gb - $21.22 USD https://www.newegg.com/sandisk-model-sdcz48-256g-u46-256gb/p/0BD-000B-004W6?Item=9SIA12KJSX7752&cm_sp=product-_-from-price-options