System:
AMD Ryzen 7 9800 X3D
Asus Prime X870-P Motherboard
NVIDIA RTX 5080 GPU
Attempting to install Bazzite over Windows 10. Only OS on the device will be Bazzite (since Windows 10 is nearing EOL).
Versions & Media
I have flashed a 128 GB SanDisk thumb drive using Etcher on said Windows 10 machine
bazzite-nvidia-open-stable-amd64
bazzite-gnome-nvidia-open-stable-amd64
Preparations prior to install
In the motherboard BIOS disabled memory context restore, also changed secure boot from Windows UFEI to Other OS.
Errors
“It seems that the boot has failed. Possible causes include missing inst.stage2 or inst.repo boot parameters on the kernel cmdline. Please verify that you have specified inst.stage2 or inst.repo.”
The same error occurs with both install versions. What am I missing?
These problems are frustrating. A few weeks ago, when Bazzite upgraded to Fedora 42, installation failed on my PC, AMD Ryzen 7 5700X, Asus ROG Strix B550-F motherboard, NVIDIA RTX 3060 GPU (it was an error with the Anaconda installer). The BitTorrent URL to the ISO still pointed to the 41 version, and I installed that one instead ― and it worked. Afterwards, my PC got the update to the latest 42 version and everything was fine.
There may be a problem upstream. But others have had similar errors in the Red Hat family of OSes, see below. Or maybe it’s due to Anaconda itself.
What if you try the non-NVIDIA image? If it works, you could rebase to the NVIDIA image. The Anaconda installer may be problematic with NVIDIA drivers. After all, it’s a Fedora project, and Fedora does not include NVIDIA drivers.
One thing that you could do is first install atomic Fedora (Kinoite if you want KDE, Silverblue if you want GNOME) then rebase to Bazzite from a working atomic Fedora.
You may need to disable VMD in the BIOS, see same issue/solution here:
By the way, you don’t need to turn off secure boot. The “Other OS” setting means secure boot is disabled. You can leave the secure boot setting as “Windows UEFI mode”, and then during installation you Enroll MOK.