# Gray screen of Death - rebornos **URL:** \ **Category:** Issues & Assistance\ **Tags:** bug, installer, iso\ **Created:** [August 31, 2021, 8:06am UTC](https://rebornos.discourse.group/t/gray-screen-of-death-rebornos/498 "2021-08-31T08:06:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Dhaval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85e7bf/32.png) [@Dhaval](https://rebornos.discourse.group/u/Dhaval)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2021, 9:34am UTC](https://rebornos.discourse.group/t/gray-screen-of-death-rebornos/498/21 "2021-08-31T09:34:43Z")
Boot partition ![IMG20210831150054](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/rebornos/original/1X/96d773d94c280987598f5fbd635709d6c2a46bd6.jpeg) Root partition ![IMG20210831150124](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/rebornos/original/1X/9f17e3518ada650ec2f0aea7d941e3552f95ddbe.jpeg) Overall ![IMG20210831150140](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/rebornos/original/1X/893ce1fa6cbbaa8d85470e347f1a315c076af91b.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Dhaval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85e7bf/32.png) [@Dhaval](https://rebornos.discourse.group/u/Dhaval)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2021, 10:08am UTC](https://rebornos.discourse.group/t/gray-screen-of-death-rebornos/498/22 "2021-08-31T10:08:43Z")
Same error again after reinstall Edit Bootship is just the label Rootship is also just the label U can add label whatever you like ---
**Author:** ![CookieSource](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/rebornos.discourse.group/cookiesource/32/16_2.png) [@CookieSource](https://rebornos.discourse.group/u/CookieSource)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2021, 10:13am UTC](https://rebornos.discourse.group/t/gray-screen-of-death-rebornos/498/23 "2021-08-31T10:13:13Z")
you can’t boot it after install? ---
**Author:** ![damian101](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/rebornos.discourse.group/damian101/32/241_2.png) [@damian101](https://rebornos.discourse.group/u/damian101)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2021, 10:15am UTC](https://rebornos.discourse.group/t/gray-screen-of-death-rebornos/498/24 "2021-08-31T10:15:53Z")
Those settings look fine to me, assuming you did not touch the encryption settings. That “boot partition” is not called boot partiton by the way, but EFI system partition. ---
**Author:** ![Xotic](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/rebornos.discourse.group/xotic/32/314_2.png) [@Xotic](https://rebornos.discourse.group/u/Xotic)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2021, 10:22am UTC](https://rebornos.discourse.group/t/gray-screen-of-death-rebornos/498/25 "2021-08-31T10:22:34Z")
yeah u are right damian ---
**Author:** ![shivanandvp](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/rebornos.discourse.group/shivanandvp/32/10_2.png) [@shivanandvp](https://rebornos.discourse.group/u/shivanandvp)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2021, 12:42pm UTC](https://rebornos.discourse.group/t/gray-screen-of-death-rebornos/498/26 "2021-08-31T12:42:29Z")
Please check your motherboard/BIOS settings and choose the device where you installed the bootloader for booting. Also disable secure boot. ---
**Author:** ![Dhaval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85e7bf/32.png) [@Dhaval](https://rebornos.discourse.group/u/Dhaval)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2021, 8:49am UTC](https://rebornos.discourse.group/t/gray-screen-of-death-rebornos/498/27 "2021-09-01T08:49:18Z")
Just installed arch from [https://archlinuxgui.in/](https://archlinuxgui.in/) and its working fine So my system configuration is fine, I installed vanilla arch with above settings, and its working perfectly May u should check your iso, try to replicate the problem with above settings I must say really disappointed with rebornos I had tried may distros and never had problems while installing, With half backed product you are not welcoming new user, May be thats why rebornos is not popular Just an opinion I am sorry 😔 If i hurt anyone s feeling here Thanx ---
**Author:** ![shivanandvp](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/rebornos.discourse.group/shivanandvp/32/10_2.png) [@shivanandvp](https://rebornos.discourse.group/u/shivanandvp)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2021, 4:41am UTC](https://rebornos.discourse.group/t/gray-screen-of-death-rebornos/498/28 "2021-09-02T04:41:43Z")
Hi @Dhaval, Thanks for reporting. You have not hurt any feelings 🙂. This problem does not usually occur among users. If the issue has some hardware-specific or configuration-specific causes, it would help for us to know, so that we can test from our side and prevent it from happening. Would you be able to specify the motherboard’s model, your partition table type (GPT or MBR - Master Boot Record), whether you have UEFI enabled, and how many disks and bootloaders were installed? Also, do you use BTRFS, or have a RAID setup? If we are able to recreate a similar setup, we can test and fix problems. Right now, we’re in the dark about what went wrong with your install. You’re welcome to stay around and help troubleshoot, or just to read posts! ---
**Author:** ![Dhaval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85e7bf/32.png) [@Dhaval](https://rebornos.discourse.group/u/Dhaval)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2021, 5:52am UTC](https://rebornos.discourse.group/t/gray-screen-of-death-rebornos/498/29 "2021-09-02T05:52:07Z")
Uefi is enabled H61 motherboard 12gb ddr3 ram Nvidia 730 2gb ggr5 gpu Intel i3 3rd gen Cyberx 120gb ssd Wd 1tb hdd Secure boot is disabled Using BTRFS No other os has been installed on this machine ---
**Author:** ![Dhaval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85e7bf/32.png) [@Dhaval](https://rebornos.discourse.group/u/Dhaval)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2021, 5:55am UTC](https://rebornos.discourse.group/t/gray-screen-of-death-rebornos/498/30 "2021-09-02T05:55:25Z")
I had tried many distros on this machine like Fedora Popos Manjaro Endeavouros ZorinOS Arch All installed perfectly, worked well ---
**Author:** ![shivanandvp](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/rebornos.discourse.group/shivanandvp/32/10_2.png) [@shivanandvp](https://rebornos.discourse.group/u/shivanandvp)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2021, 8:56pm UTC](https://rebornos.discourse.group/t/gray-screen-of-death-rebornos/498/31 "2021-09-03T20:56:55Z")
Thanks for providing this information. We’ll try testing on BTRFS under similar conditions. We’re exploring the Calamares installer too… ---
**Author:** ![ycom1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/rebornos.discourse.group/ycom1/32/1066_2.png) [@ycom1](https://rebornos.discourse.group/u/ycom1)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2021, 4:10pm UTC](https://rebornos.discourse.group/t/gray-screen-of-death-rebornos/498/32 "2021-09-05T16:10:04Z")
totaly support this, there are many things to consider prior installing, like **BIOS boot settings, mbr or gpt format,** also **file system,** to the last one there was some trouble with btrfs-boot lately, but sure every above settings need to be set right. I am using RebornOs as main system, and I am impressed, also with the work the team has put into it, meaning the wide resources this OS offers. ---
**Author:** ![Dhaval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85e7bf/32.png) [@Dhaval](https://rebornos.discourse.group/u/Dhaval)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2021, 5:17pm UTC](https://rebornos.discourse.group/t/gray-screen-of-death-rebornos/498/33 "2021-09-06T17:17:17Z")
That will b cool, may i know when will your iso will release? @ycom1 its gpt ---
**Author:** ![shivanandvp](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/rebornos.discourse.group/shivanandvp/32/10_2.png) [@shivanandvp](https://rebornos.discourse.group/u/shivanandvp)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2021, 9:47pm UTC](https://rebornos.discourse.group/t/gray-screen-of-death-rebornos/498/35 "2021-09-06T21:47:32Z")
Since RebornOS is rolling release, the ISO releases usually happen when there is a fix or patch. In order to directly address your problem, if you can access and save (perhaps upload somewhere) the below file **after install** (from within the live ISO) ```bash /var/log/cnchi/cnchi.log ``` we could single out the problem. It is the log file for the installer. If you are planning to try installing a second time, this log is very helpful information. It may even be possible to run a command or two in a chrooted environment as a workaround specific to the potential issue. ---
**Author:** ![Xotic](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/rebornos.discourse.group/xotic/32/314_2.png) [@Xotic](https://rebornos.discourse.group/u/Xotic)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2021, 10:20am UTC](https://rebornos.discourse.group/t/gray-screen-of-death-rebornos/498/36 "2021-09-09T10:20:42Z")
Any progress? or the issue still persits? ---
**Author:** ![shivanandvp](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/rebornos.discourse.group/shivanandvp/32/10_2.png) [@shivanandvp](https://rebornos.discourse.group/u/shivanandvp)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2021, 2:04pm UTC](https://rebornos.discourse.group/t/gray-screen-of-death-rebornos/498/37 "2021-09-09T14:04:40Z")
@Dhaval Apart from the logs I mentioned above, do you remember where you selected to install the bootloader? Was it on the local hard drive? We’ve had a similar situation happen to someone else and they had accidentally chosen the USB drive to install the bootloader. Not saying this is the cause, but it is one possibility ---
**Author:** ![ycom1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/rebornos.discourse.group/ycom1/32/1066_2.png) [@ycom1](https://rebornos.discourse.group/u/ycom1)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2021, 6:25pm UTC](https://rebornos.discourse.group/t/gray-screen-of-death-rebornos/498/38 "2021-09-09T18:25:04Z")
do not know if it is still relevant, just for technical clearing: ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/rebornos/original/1X/73dd958e6a7f55d29861ac0b9b7cfdc4b124ae42.jpeg) there is abs. no boot-flag, and we do not now if the bios is set to uefi boot, and which boot priority the harddrives got. Did I get this right ? : - ) ---
**Author:** ![shivanandvp](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/rebornos.discourse.group/shivanandvp/32/10_2.png) [@shivanandvp](https://rebornos.discourse.group/u/shivanandvp)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2021, 8:31pm UTC](https://rebornos.discourse.group/t/gray-screen-of-death-rebornos/498/40 "2021-09-09T20:31:10Z")
@ycom1 Thanks for catching that. I forgot to look back at the older messages. Tagging @Dhaval so that they can see your message. ---
**Author:** ![ron](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/rebornos.discourse.group/ron/32/160_2.png) [@ron](https://rebornos.discourse.group/u/ron)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2021, 3:28pm UTC](https://rebornos.discourse.group/t/gray-screen-of-death-rebornos/498/41 "2021-09-18T15:28:50Z")
@Dhaval On your screenshot (#20) it looks like you are using an **intel dekstop board**. Please disable UEFI in yor BIOS for a new test installation. Based on my own tests with an intel dekstop board + RebornOS, I am very sure that it will work. 😉 My Test-Config was: - Intel-Desktop-Board - Corei3 IvyBridge - SATA3 SSD (120GB) AHCI-Mode - BIOS/MBR Boot (UEFI-boot disabled via BIOS) In general, it should be said that the intel desktop boards have all been on the market for around 10 years, received no further BIOS updates and at that time it was also common for the system to boot in classic BIOS/MBR. [Previous page](https://rebornos.discourse.group/t/gray-screen-of-death-rebornos/498.md?page=1)