CachyOS / CachyOS/distribution

[Bug]: uefi install failed `add_additional_entries_limine`

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Description

### Kernel

?

### Desktop Environment / Window Manager

KDE Plasma

### CPU

Amd ryzen 1600

### GPU / Driver

Nvidia GTX 1070

### Description

Error on install with default settings.

### Steps to Reproduce

Install cachyos-desktop-linux-260426.iso with the defaults

### Expected Behavior

It would install the bootloader or at least tell me an understandable error message and maybe give me an option to try some workaround (maybe a different bootloader).

### Actual Behavior

Incomprehensible error message.
Only option, start over, guessing at what to do differently.

From the log

Image

```
2026-06-04 - 22:50:05 [1]: void Calamares::ViewManager::onInstallationFailed(const QString&, const QString&)
2026-06-04 - 22:50:05 [1]: ERROR: Installation failed: "Boost.Python error in job \"bootloader\""
2026-06-04 - 22:50:05 [6]: .. - message: "Boost.Python error in job \"bootloader\""
2026-06-04 - 22:50:05 [6]: .. - details:

<class 'StopIteration'>
Unparseable Python error

Traceback:
File "/usr/lib/calamares/modules/bootloader/main.py", line 1140, in run

prepare_bootloader(fw_type, install_hybrid_grub)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

File "/usr/lib/calamares/modules/bootloader/main.py", line 1102, in prepare_bootloader
install_limine(efi_directory, fw_type)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

File "/usr/lib/calamares/modules/bootloader/main.py", line 826, in install_limine
add_additional_entries_limine(efi_directory, installation_root_path, fw_type)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

File "/usr/lib/calamares/modules/bootloader/main.py", line 734, in add_additional_entries_limine
uuid = next(
partition['partuuid'] for partition in partitions
if partition['device'] == devname
)


2026-06-04 - 22:50:05 [6]: void Calamares::ViewManager::onInstallationFailed(const QString&, const QString&)
2026-06-04 - 22:50:05 [6]: Calamares will quit when the dialog closes.
2026-06-04 - 22:50:05 [6]: DEBUG (Qt): QML Component (default slideshow) deactivated
2026-06-04 - 22:50:05 [6]: void Config::doNotify(bool, bool)
2026-06-04 - 22:50:05 [6]: Notification not sent; completion: failed
2026-06-04 - 22:50:05 [6]: void {anonymous}::PowerManagementInterface::uninhibitSleep()
2026-06-04 - 22:50:05 [6]: Sleep was never inhibited.
```

### Logs / Error Messages

https://paste.cachyos.org/p/6e4af43.log

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