Hi, I am trying to install cachyos on my desktop after installing it successfully on my laptop. But I can the cachyos live usb to boot at all. I have downloaded the latest cachyos iso and instal it on a usb stick with balenaetcher (also tried fedora media writer). I get to Grub press enter to get…

So I managed to boot the live usb. I did go to the bios and turned off xmp. Then I went back to the grub menu and selected cachyos legacy hardware (gpu nomodeset) and it went through to the kde session! Thank you everyone for your help. I have read a lot of posts and learned quite a bit.

follow this [image] Unable To Boot into CachyOS Issues & Assistance i think some optoins in your Uefi motherboard failback to CSM / MBR mode can you recheck in your UEFI motherboard secureboot desactivated no CSM no legacy no fastboot all disks are ont AHCI …

Thank you for your response, Stephane. I had checked the MBR and it is not on CSM. AHCI is on and I made sure the USB stick is selected for boot UEFI. Secureboot is disabled and fastboot is not on. First, I need to mention that typing on the command line is painfully slow. like a character per sec…

[image] rexamaury: First, I need to mention that typing on the command line is painfully slow. like a character per second! Now I suspect that the commands you gave me I have to type there in the grub command line. is that correct? No, those are just regular commands for your terminal emulat…

thank you for your response. So to clarify, you want me to boot into the system installed on the computer (not the live usb for Cachyos) and paste all the output from these commands?

[image] rexamaury: So to clarify, you want me to boot into the system installed on the computer (not the live usb for Cachyos) and paste all the output from these commands? They were not my instructions but .. [image] Unable To Boot into CachyOS under live iso , you can check inxi -Fxza…

sorry I am not clear. I cannot boot to the live iso. the only command line I can access is when i press ‘e’ with grub.

[image] rexamaury: So to clarify, you want me to boot into the system installed on the computer (not the live usb for Cachyos) and paste all the output from these commands? Double post? Just in case .. No, they want it from the Cachy Live ISO.

Sorry about the double post. I cannot boot into the live iso. it hangs after the grub menu. I have tried several usb sticks. but I always get the same result.

the last line I can see is [ OK ] Listening on System Extension Image Management Then my screen goes blank.

[image] rexamaury: Failed to parse events in TPM final events logs you may deactivate TPM in BIOS

I cannot boot the usb live version of cachyos

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stephane October 29, 2025, 6:42pm 2

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