Installation paused at "Configuring hardware..."

[woeful vault]

I am trying to install Cinnamon on a Lenovo E16 with Windows 11 as dual boot, everything was going fine for the first bit but now I have been stuck on "Configuring hardware..." for over an hour, any suggestions?

[woeful vault]

please its been another like 20 minutes and I dont want to break it 😭

I shut it down

I am going to just try again and pray I didnt js fuck up my shi

Oh great heavens!

[woeful vault]

Uh yeah I rebooted and ts happened again

Am I cooked or should I try like

getting a new cinnamon iso?

[craggy veldt]

Maybe a good idea

[woeful vault]

😭

ts so chuzz

Also I am using ventoy if that might cause any issues(?)

[craggy veldt]

Whats ventoy?

[woeful vault]

Multi iso thingy

[craggy veldt]

Is it multiple isos on the same usb? If not then it may not be an issue

[woeful vault]

It is, but like thats its purpose

[craggy veldt]

Before you install could you open system reports/system info if those exist on the usb

[woeful vault]

ummm maybe, idk where I could find that

[craggy veldt]

In the bottom left of your screen, in the taskbar looking thing there should be the linux mint logo
Click it and type "system"

If not just open a terminal (ctrl t) and output inxi -Fxxx

[woeful vault]

Like in linux?

[craggy veldt]

Yes

[woeful vault]

Because I cant currently boot into linux

when I try to I get the kernel smth smth wtv with the purple

[craggy veldt]

I googled the error and found that it could be a faulty usb

Is safe boot enabled in your bios?

I mean secure boot my bad

Some people seem to be saying that its to do with a faulty usb

[woeful vault]

I dont think I have secure or safe boot enabled, I think the shut down corrupted the usb so I switched to a new one and just used rufus. But now I no longer get a dual boot option?

[woeful vault]

I have no clue what the problem is atp

[craggy veldt]

Yeah do the manually partition
Should work the same

[craggy veldt]

Any progress?

[woeful vault]

No 😭🙏

I went to bed dawg, I have class

[lucid owl]

it may have gotten stuck if u left Fast Startup on in Windows

boot windows and do powercfg /a in command prompt. make DAMN sure it says Fast Startup is 'not available' or disabled or blocked by current system policy

and boot the install usb properly

verify also: #1420498286912999434 message

[woeful vault]

I am probablly going to do this stuff now, but my main problem now is that I dont get an option for installing dual boot on a completely new freshly setup usb

[lucid owl]

np

there's always a reason.

are you in Windows desktop at this very moment?

[woeful vault]

At this very moment it has windows 11

I cant really get to it rn though

[lucid owl]

press win+r , then type msinfo32

and read the BIOS MODE line in the resulting information screen

u gotta boot the usb as shown

cuz win 11 guaranteed uses uefi mode

you should probably preshrink some space on the C: volume (100 gigs or more)

use disk management app, or aomei partition assistant the freeware

[lucid owl]

.

[woeful vault]

I think ts is saying it is on

[lucid owl]

powercfg /h off from admin terminal

[woeful vault]

Run cmd as admin?

[woeful vault]

So just make a partition for Linux before installing?

[lucid owl]

not a partition

shrink the c: volume so there is a huge void

[woeful vault]

k

[woeful vault]

So like ts?

And the when installing linux click the custom and install there?

Also how would the dual boot switching work? Like when I start my pc and want to switch between the 2 what do I?

do I do*

[lucid owl]

yes. perfect

well, here's the deal: if u boot the USB like i showed in my picture,

you WILL get the option in the installer to "install alongside Windows"

if not, then there's some other devil at work

[woeful vault]

Well I did it the same last time I think and it didnt but I will try again

[woeful vault]

When I got this I did it afaik how you are guiding me to

[lucid owl]

i'd recommend boot to the live desktop, then search the app Disks by name in the applications menu (start menu) and have a look and make damn sure the drive target appears there first

( 1 TB drive, which is the one u just shrank)

@woeful vault ^^

[woeful vault]

k

👍

i feel like my dad rn 😭🙏

but heres what i have done so far fyi just to keep track of steps

[lucid owl]

try it

you can see in bottom left of Ventoy white screen, it shows UEFI mode so, that's proper at least.

[woeful vault]

ts normal yeah?

[lucid owl]

before u hit continue...

open DISKS app

[lucid owl]

you u see four partitions before the empty gap?

[woeful vault]

uhm kinda

[lucid owl]

nvme0n1

so , this time you got the install alongside option???

yes or no?

[woeful vault]

Yes this time

[lucid owl]

perfect, hit continue

[woeful vault]

k

[lucid owl]

oh it was there in pic background, just saw it

[lucid owl]

you'll get a black GRUB 2.x menu that lets u choose each time at power on

[woeful vault]

cool

[lucid owl]

keep your ventoy stick intact. it will be your best friend in case any computer emergencies. plus u can use as regular usb stick from now on

[woeful vault]

Lmao I can skip "Installing system..."

[lucid owl]

no

leave the usb alone

let it finish.

[woeful vault]

I wouldnt I wouldnt.... maybe

jk, great success, thx bro, ion know why it was having horrible issues

[lucid owl]

kool

u tested and it boots now and got Welcome app?

[woeful vault]

Yup

[lucid owl]

🥳