"Device is active" on installation (Legion Go)

I'm trying to install Bazzite 40 on a Legion Go, but I keep getting the error:

An error occured while activating your storage configuration: device is active

An error occured while activating your storage configuration: device is active

An error occured while activating your storage configuration: device is active

An error occured while activating your storage configuration: device is active

I have disabled secure boot, but I'm reading something about also having to disable fast book in Windows. The thing is... Windows is already wiped off the system....

Does this mean I have to re-install Windows, turn off fast boot, and then try to install Bazzite again? If so, are there any other things I need to do in Windows before wiping my entire hard drive?

Solution

Type

cgdisk /dev/nvme0n1

cgdisk /dev/nvme0n1

cgdisk /dev/nvme0n1

cgdisk /dev/nvme0n1 to see your drive (Or whatever lsblk showed)

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antheas•7/25/24, 8:14 PM

and thats how it starts

antheas•7/25/24, 8:14 PM

youre in the new bios?

Kasher_CS•7/25/24, 8:27 PM

You can use the command line to wipe off your storage

Kasher_CS•7/25/24, 8:27 PM

In bazzite

Aantheas youre in the new bios?

Kasher_CS•7/25/24, 8:28 PM

Is there something specific to the LeGo here?

Kasher_CS•7/25/24, 8:28 PM

People with this error on Ally reported this as working

Aru•7/25/24, 8:30 PM

@Ramses do you have an ARM mac? or intel?

Aru•7/25/24, 8:30 PM

for more context, OP only has a mac. was talking to him about it in a different discord

Aantheas youre in the new bios?

RamsesOP•7/25/24, 8:30 PM

Not 100% sure. But I did enable fast startup

RamsesOP•7/25/24, 8:31 PM

I'm in Windows recovery now, the USB I created did boot up

Aru•7/25/24, 8:31 PM

oh nice, cool

Aru•7/25/24, 8:31 PM

restore windows, disable fast boot + do a full shutdown (no hibernate) then you should be good to go

RamsesOP•7/25/24, 8:31 PM

Spoke too soon :/

Aru•7/25/24, 8:31 PM

if you want to play it extra safe, make a ventoy usb while you still have windows

RamsesOP•7/25/24, 8:32 PM

Ventoy only works on Linux and Windows. No Mac build

Aru•7/25/24, 8:32 PM

yep, saw that

Aru•7/25/24, 8:32 PM

maybe you could live boot a linux image

Kasher_CS•7/25/24, 8:32 PM

You can also just wipe from bazzite if you don't want to install Windows

KKasher_CS You can also just wipe from bazzite if you don't want to install Windows

Aru•7/25/24, 8:32 PM

his problem is that he was trying to install bazzite

Kasher_CS•7/25/24, 8:32 PM

You can wipe from The bazzite installer

Kasher_CS•7/25/24, 8:33 PM

From the command line

Aru•7/25/24, 8:33 PM

the problem is fast boot

KKasher_CS You can also just wipe from bazzite if you don't want to install Windows

RamsesOP•7/25/24, 8:33 PM

Yeah, but I have Fast Startup enabled (in Windows)

Kasher_CS•7/25/24, 8:33 PM

Yes, it works with thwt

Aru•7/25/24, 8:33 PM

it causes the "device is active" error, and bazzite fails to proceed installing

Kasher_CS•7/25/24, 8:33 PM

AFAIK

Aru•7/25/24, 8:33 PM

RamsesOP•7/25/24, 8:33 PM

How do I wipe from Bazzite?

Kasher_CS•7/25/24, 8:33 PM

Open Bazzite
Press Ctrl Alt F2 to go to the terminal

Kasher_CS•7/25/24, 8:34 PM

Type lsblklsblk to know the location of your drive

Aru•7/25/24, 8:34 PM

but bazzite isn't installed. i'm assuming you mean the installer itself?

Kasher_CS•7/25/24, 8:34 PM

Yes

Aru•7/25/24, 8:34 PM

didn't realize the installer also had tty, cool. sorry for interrupting

Solution

Kasher_CS•7/25/24, 8:35 PM

Type

cgdisk /dev/nvme0n1

cgdisk /dev/nvme0n1

to see your drive (Or whatever lsblk showed)

Kasher_CS•7/25/24, 8:35 PM

Delete all partitions, write, quit, reboot

AAru @Ramses do you have an ARM mac? or intel?

RamsesOP•7/25/24, 8:35 PM

I have both ARM and Intel macs

KKasher_CS Type `cgdisk /dev/nvme0n1` to see your drive (Or whatever lsblk showed)

RamsesOP•7/25/24, 8:35 PM

Flashing the USB now

RamsesOP•7/25/24, 8:37 PM

Okay, I'm in the terminal and ran lsblklsblk

RamsesOP•7/25/24, 8:38 PM

I see nvme0n1nvme0n1 with a bunch of partitions

Kasher_CS•7/25/24, 8:38 PM

Okay good than type what I wrote

KKasher_CS Okay good than type what I wrote

RamsesOP•7/25/24, 8:40 PM

Done, rebooting now

RamsesOP•7/25/24, 8:40 PM

Okay, I see no more Windows Boot in startup options, looking good

Kasher_CS•7/25/24, 8:40 PM

If you did it correctly than Bazzite Installer will pick it up as a completely empty drive (And thus work uninterrupted)

KKasher_CS If you did it correctly than Bazzite Installer will pick it up as a completely e...

RamsesOP•7/25/24, 8:41 PM

YES!!!

RamsesOP•7/25/24, 8:41 PM

RamsesOP•7/25/24, 8:42 PM

You are the GOAT @Kasher_CS

Thank you so much

Kasher_CS•7/25/24, 8:42 PM

RamsesOP•7/25/24, 8:42 PM

Thank you, too @Aru

"Device is active" on installation (Legion Go)

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