Fedora Installation fails consistently at 95%

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Hey,
I’m trying to install Fedora gnome on my laptop (MSI vector16hxai). After checking and booting to the live usb and going through the installer the process fails at the “installing” stage at 95% every time. (On versions 42 & 43 with the error code 23) . I have two M2 SSDs, one with windows on it and another I’m trying to install Linux on. I have had to turn on SATA AHCI mode for the installer to see the disks before running into this issue.
Troubleshooting steps I tried:

  • turning off BitLocker encryption on all drives
  • disabling secure boot
  • using different versions of fedora gnome, using fedora KDE and also using bazzite gnome
  • using basic graphics mode

I would prefer not to take out either of the drives to install fedora since the laptop disassembly is quiet a pain. Also I would like to keep the windows drive like it is (without reinstalling it all).

Any help is appreciated!
Thanks.

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Try the Everything Netinstaller, or a ReSpin

With the Netinstaller, you can either install a minimal custom install and then install Gnome after, or you can select Gnome to be installed at install time.

The ReSpins are the latest up to date version of Fedora made within the last week.

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I found an issue as yours.

Fixed in kiwi 10.3, a new iso in the 43.1 release.

I downloaded F44-WORK-x86_64-LIVE-20260513.iso . How do I find out if it is F43.1 alias done with kiwi 10.3?

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Can you tell us why you try F42 / F43 and not directly F44?

I ask because of the respins, they are just created on the newest Iso’s F44, as it looks like ?!

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I phrased it poorly, but I tried all three, all had the same issue.