Boot loop after initial install

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Hello,

I’ve been interested in Asahi Linux for a while and decided to try it out on my own Macbook Air. After having to reinstall MacOS due to a corrupted filesystem, I got Asahi Linux installed and set up. The issue now is that I can’t seem to get past the Plymouth screen; it sits there for a few minutes before restarting. I tried reinstalling it a few times, once after updating my Mac to the latest Tahoe update, but I get the boot loop each time. I also tried the cleanbp script, which also didn’t help.

If anyone has any information to help me get my install working, I would greatly appreciate it. I want to put Linux on yet another one of my machines so badly. I’m attaching my Macbook’s info in case it is necessary. Thank you in advance and please let me know if any additional information is needed!

Hardware and partition information

Product name: MacBook Air (M1, 2020)
SoC: Apple M1
Device class: j313ap
Product type: MacBookAir10,1
Board ID: 0x26
Chip ID: 0x8103
System firmware: mBoot-18000.101.7
Boot UUID: 1D6D5C77-9FF6-4BFF-BAD4-6B6DC2B1B0FE
Boot VGID: 1D6D5C77-9FF6-4BFF-BAD4-6B6DC2B1B0FE
Default boot VGID: 8D0D851A-911E-432F-B573-B20DAEE32AA0
Boot mode: macOS
OS version: 26.4 (25E246)
OS restore version: 25.5.246.0.0,0
Main firmware version: 26.4 (25E246)
No Fallback System Firmware / rOS
SFR version: 25.5.246.0.0,0
SystemRecovery version: 25.4.125.0.0,0 (26.3 25D125)
Login user: light

Partitions in system disk (disk0):
1: APFS [Macintosh HD] (70.09 GB, 6 volumes)
OS: [B ] [Macintosh HD] macOS v26.4 [disk4s3s1, 1D6D5C77-9FF6-4BFF-BAD4-6B6DC2B1B0FE]
2: (free space: 2.50 GB)
3: EFI (524.29 MB)
4: APFS [Fedora Linux with KDE Plasma] (2.50 GB, 4 volumes)
OS: [ *] [Fedora Linux with KDE Plasma] m1n1 v1.5.2 (macOS 13.5 stub) [disk2s2, 8D0D851A-911E-432F-B573-B20DAEE32AA0]
Extra partitions: #5 #6 #7
5: EFI (524.29 MB)
6: Linux Filesystem (1.07 GB)
7: Linux Filesystem (167.89 GB)
8: APFS (System Recovery) (5.37 GB, 2 volumes)
OS: [ ] recoveryOS v26.4 [Primary recoveryOS]

[B ] = Booted OS, [R ] = Booted recovery, [? ] = Unknown
[ *] = Default boot volume

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I would suggest cleaning up your partitions (removing Asahi) and then re-installing. You can uninstall following this guide here using diskutil via the terminal on MacOS:

Then re-install via MacOS using:

curl https://alx.sh | sh

Make sure you read the prompts throughout the install process in the terminal. There is a startup procedure you have to follow after installing via the MacOS terminal, upon reboot.

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I have already tried reinstalling a couple times, like I said in my initial post. I did use the link you said to delete all the partitions and start fresh, but it didn’t seem to make much of a difference.

I have also done the setup process after rebooting. I don’t think I’d be able to boot into Asahi Linux at all without doing that would I? :sweat_smile: