Description of problem: Whenever I try to install Fedora on either my HDD (500gb free space) or SSD (2TB free space), installation gets stuck on installing bootloader part and I get this error. Version-Release number of selected component: anaconda-core-40.22.3-1.fc40.x86_64 The following was filed automatically by anaconda: anaconda 40.22.3 exception report Traceback (most recent call first): File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/dasbus/client/handler.py", line 509, in _handle_method_error raise exception from None File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/dasbus/client/handler.py", line 483, in _get_method_reply return self._handle_method_error(error) File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/dasbus/client/handler.py", line 450, in _call_method return self._get_method_reply( File "/usr/lib64/python3.12/site-packages/pyanaconda/modules/common/task/__init__.py", line 46, in sync_run_task task_proxy.Finish() File "/usr/lib64/python3.12/site-packages/pyanaconda/installation.py", line 474, in run_install_bootloader sync_run_task(STORAGE.get_proxy(task)) File "/usr/lib64/python3.12/site-packages/pyanaconda/installation_tasks.py", line 261, in _run self._task_cb(*self._task_args, **self._task_kwargs) File "/usr/lib64/python3.12/site-packages/pyanaconda/installation_tasks.py", line 75, in start self._run() File "/usr/lib64/python3.12/site-packages/pyanaconda/installation_tasks.py", line 203, in _run item.start() File "/usr/lib64/python3.12/site-packages/pyanaconda/installation_tasks.py", line 75, in start self._run() File "/usr/lib64/python3.12/site-packages/pyanaconda/installation_tasks.py", line 203, in _run item.start() File "/usr/lib64/python3.12/site-packages/pyanaconda/installation_tasks.py", line 75, in start self._run() File "/usr/lib64/python3.12/site-packages/pyanaconda/installation_tasks.py", line 203, in _run item.start() File "/usr/lib64/python3.12/site-packages/pyanaconda/installation_tasks.py", line 75, in start self._run() File "/usr/lib64/python3.12/site-packages/pyanaconda/installation.py", line 552, in _run_installation queue.start() File "/usr/lib64/python3.12/site-packages/pyanaconda/installation.py", line 83, in run self._run_installation( File "/usr/lib64/python3.12/site-packages/pyanaconda/modules/common/task/task.py", line 107, in _task_run_callback self._set_result(self.run()) File "/usr/lib64/python3.12/site-packages/pyanaconda/modules/common/task/task.py", line 94, in _thread_run_callback self._task_run_callback() File "/usr/lib64/python3.12/threading.py", line 1010, in run self._target(*self._args, **self._kwargs) File "/usr/lib64/python3.12/site-packages/pyanaconda/core/threads.py", line 280, in run threading.Thread.run(self) File "/usr/lib64/python3.12/site-packages/pyanaconda/core/threads.py", line 171, in raise_if_error raise exc_info[1] File "/usr/lib64/python3.12/site-packages/pyanaconda/modules/common/task/task.py", line 173, in finish thread_manager.raise_if_error(self._thread_name) File "/usr/lib64/python3.12/site-packages/pyanaconda/ui/gui/spokes/installation_progress.py", line 75, in _on_installation_done self._task.finish() File "/usr/lib64/python3.12/site-packages/pyanaconda/core/signal.py", line 41, in emit func(obj, *args, **kargs) File "/usr/lib64/python3.12/site-packages/pyanaconda/modules/common/task/runnable.py", line 115, in _task_stopped_callback self._stopped_signal.emit() File "/usr/lib64/python3.12/site-packages/pyanaconda/core/async_utils.py", line 68, in _idle_method func(*args, **kwargs) pyanaconda.modules.common.errors.general.AnacondaError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xff in position 116: invalid start byte Additional info: other involved packages: python3-libs-3.12.2-2.fc40.x86_64, python3-dasbus-1.7-6.fc40.noarch, anaconda-gui-40.22.3-1.fc40.x86_64 version: 40 kernel: 6.8.5-301.fc40.x86_64 addons: com_redhat_kdump cmdline_file: BOOT_IMAGE=/images/pxeboot/vmlinuz root=live:CDLABEL=FEDORA-WS-L rd.live.image rd.live.check quiet release: Fedora release 40 (Forty) type: anaconda reason: pyanaconda.modules.common.errors.general.AnacondaError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xff in position 116: invalid start byte package: anaconda-core-40.22.3-1.fc40.x86_64 product: Fedora hashmarkername: anaconda executable: /sbin/anaconda cmdline: /usr/bin/python3 /sbin/anaconda --liveinst --graphical comment: Whenever I try to install Fedora on either my HDD (500gb free space) or SSD (2TB free space), installation gets stuck on installing bootloader part and I get this error.
Created attachment 2045013 [details] File: dbus.log
Created attachment 2045014 [details] File: lsblk_output
Created attachment 2045015 [details] File: anaconda.log
Created attachment 2045016 [details] File: nmcli_dev_list
Created attachment 2045017 [details] File: program.log
Created attachment 2045018 [details] File: packaging.log
Created attachment 2045019 [details] File: storage.log
Created attachment 2045020 [details] File: description
Created attachment 2045021 [details] File: journalctl
Created attachment 2045022 [details] File: environ
Created attachment 2045023 [details] File: os_info
Created attachment 2045024 [details] File: backtrace
Created attachment 2045025 [details] File: anaconda-tb
Created attachment 2045026 [details] File: packaging.log
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*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 2254801 ***