Hi everyone, I’m trying to install CachyOS for the first time on my Asus laptop, but I can’t get the installation to complete successfully. It always fails at roughly the same point, no matter which boot manager I use (I’ve tried GRUB, systemd-boot, and Limine). Secure Boot and Fast Boot are both …

I only have one SSD in the laptop. I partitioned it to FAT32, and I don’t want to keep anything on it.

So just delete all partitions. You don’t want to partition it to FAT32.

Can you share more of what options you are selecting? Follow this and choose erase disk CachyOS Installation Desktop/Laptop How to install CachyOS in a Desktop or Laptop

I follow the official CachyOS desktop installation guide. With the following steps. Download the CachyOS desktop ISO file. Verify the checksum. Use BalenaEtcher to create a bootable USB drive. Disable Fast Boot and Secure Boot in the BIOS. Boot the laptop from the USB drive. Choose…

Last layout had two partitions (/boot and /) and no EFI — so it was meant for BIOS, not UEFI? What was the bootloader’s destination?

There’s also an error downloading a package. Tjos could be a network issue or transient package issue that could rezolve with a retry.

Also, in the BIOS under Boot Options, there’s a “Windows Boot Manager,” but I can’t boot from it. It’s still there even after wiping the drive. [Messenger_creation_B1E43766-C55D-48C9-8DB9-68305EDACEF2]

Is the BIOS set to Legacy mode or UEFI ? Did you create an EFI partition during manual partitioning?

How do you check where the boot loader goes ? I just tried manually partitioning, created one partition with 2048 Mib with mount point : /boot/efi and flags : boot One partition with 950Gib with mount point : / and no flags. And got the same error.

Can't Install CachyOS on Laptop — Bootctl Error Code 1

Issues & Assistance

mattsteg October 14, 2025, 8:35pm 22

If you can chroot in try reinstalling your bootloader or another one that uses the same partition scheme.

also the error I saw in your first log matches this thread