Problems installing on new motherboard and cpu

Issues & Assistance
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Ok I just upgraded my system with new gpu, cpu and motherboard. My system is full AMD. Mt specs:
CPU:9950X [AMD]
GPU:9070TX OC [Gigabyte]
MOBO:x670e MSI Prime Plus WIFI
MEMORY: 64gig DDR5 6400
STORAGE: 2tb Samsung 980, 1tb Western Digital 7100 and 500gig Western Digital SN750

Anyways, Ive tried for the last 2 days tryung to install CachyOS, I got this error: >boost.python error in job " bootloader"]

What does that mean?
I tried turing off secure boot, csm,
Nothing. I can install windows but not linux.

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can you check in your UEFI motherboard

  • no secure boot
  • no Fast boot
  • no CSM
  • all disks on AHCI

type partition should be GPT ( be careful if you have ONLY one drive for /boot/efi , ONLY ADD on mountpoint DO NO FORMAT )

if you have a windows disk and a linux disk , you will have to create two profile in UEFI motherboard ( one for linux , other for windows )

before install you can check

inxi -Fza
test -d /sys/firmware/efi && echo efi || echo bios
sudo efibootmgr -v
sudo parted -l
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And there’s also a new install media released…just FYI

4

ok I need what you posted and this what i got.

2025-03-30 - 11:37:00 [1]: void Calamares::ViewManager::onInstallationFailed(const QString&, const QString&)
2025-03-30 - 11:37:00 [1]: ERROR: Installation failed: “Boost.Python error in job "bootloader"”
2025-03-30 - 11:37:00 [6]: .. - message: “Boost.Python error in job "bootloader"”
2025-03-30 - 11:37:00 [6]: .. - details:

<class ‘FileNotFoundError’>
[Errno 2] No such file or directory: ‘/tmp/calamares-root-yxfw77sg/boot/refind_linux.conf’

Traceback:
File "/usr/lib/calamares/modules/bootloader/main.py", line 961, in run

prepare_bootloader(fw_type, install_hybrid_grub)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^


File "/usr/lib/calamares/modules/bootloader/main.py", line 923, in prepare_bootloader

install_refind(efi_directory)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^


File "/usr/lib/calamares/modules/bootloader/main.py", line 861, in install_refind

with open(conf_path, "r") as refind_file:

~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

2025-03-30 - 11:37:00 [6]: void Calamares::ViewManager::onInstallationFailed(const QString&, const QString&)
2025-03-30 - 11:37:00 [6]: Calamares will quit when the dialog closes.
2025-03-30 - 11:37:00 [6]: DEBUG (Qt): QML Component (default slideshow) deactivated
2025-03-30 - 11:37:00 [6]: void Config::doNotify(bool, bool)
2025-03-30 - 11:37:00 [6]: Notification not sent; completion: failed
2025-03-30 - 11:37:00 [6]: void {anonymous}::PowerManagementInterface::uninhibitSleep()
2025-03-30 - 11:37:00 [6]: Sleep was never inhibited.

I dont understand what this means. It can’t be a hardware issue right?

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I think this is an issue with our installer. A fix has been pushed in another branch bootloader: Create config for rEFInd not via refind-install · CachyOS/cachyos-calamares@9b4b34a · GitHub, so you’ll have to wait for it to reach the branch that the installer uses, which unfortunately has no ETA.