Nobara 42 bootloader install issues?
The full error for anyone having issues with the screenshot is:
Installation Failed
Bootloader installation error
The bootloader could not be installed. The installationc ommand
grub2-install -target=i386-pc -recheck -force /dev/nvme0n1
returned error code 1.
Context:
I've had a hell of a rough time trying to install linux on my system, I've tried Pop, 2 versions of Ubuntu, Mint, and now I'm trying Nobara, and it's the first one that failed to install (I've mostly had video driver issues with the others.) My current disk situation is kind of a mess, I have 4 in the system:
1. ~15 year old OCZ SATA 128GB SSD (windows/boot)
2. ~10 year old WD SATA 512GB SSD (windows libraries like pictures, documents, downloads, etc)
3. ~6 month old Samsung 990 EVO 2TB M.2 NVMe SSD (games installed from windows)
4. ~5 year old BPXPro 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD (previous Ubuntu install that I had other issues with)
#1 is my boot drive and has the bootloader on it (when I want to boot ubuntu I hit F11 and select the second entry for that drive in the menu.) Previous distro installs have had no problem installing right over top of that and disk #4, but for whatever reason Nobara has failed to install the boot loader and I have no idea how to even begin to resolve this. I've done some searching and only found results with similar situations that aren't quite the same, it seems this is commonly an issue with linux installs into partitions of a drive that is shared with windows, but that's not what I'm doing (at least not for the main install, I guess that is kind of what it's doing with the bootloader?)
I can manually erase disk #4 if that would help, but is there some way I can manually go in and clear out the old bootloader (without messing up the windows install/boot)?
Other specs in case it's relevant:
* Ryzen 7 3800X 3.9GHz 8-core CPU
* 32GB DDR4-3200 RAM
* Gigabite Vision OC 12 RTX3060 GPU
Stefan Koopmanschap
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Unknown parent • • •@rzeta0
Exactly. This is all about managing the unruly masses. If they make the right sounds and rattle the keys they’re hoping to mollify a percentage of their voters.
There is no will to do anything beyond the absolute bare minimum at any given time.
We will see incremental movement until they think they can stop. They will always approach action but never quite get there.
@aral
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Unknown parent • • •@Alexandrad1 @rzeta0 The link to the article in Haaretz appears broken. This one works: haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-0…
And while the quote is there, it might be misinterpreted. The senior official might have meant that they had intelligence that this was going to happen.
A different quote from the same article:
“‘The bullet has left the barrel,’ said Maya Sion-Tzidkiyahu, Director of the Israel–Europe Relations Program at the Mitvim Institute and lecturer at the Hebrew University’s European Forum. ‘There's no telling where this will lead or how the legal review will conclude. This step further isolates Israel as a pariah state, losing some of its closest friends in Europe.’
According to her, ‘This shift happened fast, in just two weeks, and the decision may trigger a diplomatic tsunami.’
‘This is a very clear message to Israel: we've had enough of a senseless war. You're increasingly seen as a country whose values no longer align with those of the European Union,’ Sion-Tzidkiyahu added.”
'Diplomatic tsunami' nears as Europe begins to act against Israel's 'complete madness' in Gaza
Jonathan Lis (Haaretz)Alexandradal
Unknown parent • • •@rzeta0
I fear you are correct. #Macron said he considered recognizing the State of Palestine in June. Why in June? Now there are rumours it will be even more delayed. Looks like he is waiting for it to be too late.
thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2025/…
Israel helped coordinate Starmer, Macron's supposed 'criticism' of it
Ed Sykes (The Canary)