Bug on pixel 5 install

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hi, I wanted to report a bug in the installation of /e/OS 2.8 on a google pixel 5, using the manual installation referred to in the guide:

https://doc.e.foundation/devices/redfin/install

I followed the installation as mentioned in the guide. At the time of performing the wipe from the recovery of /e/OS I encountered this error that I show on the screen:

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In this post they mention the same error:

Beyond that error that apparently does not affect the installation (as it mentions that the wipe was performed) after performing the adb sideload I got the following error:

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After several hours of digging around, a friend made me realize that maybe the recovery was installing the system on partition B but was trying to boot to partition A, so I did:

fastboot --set-active=b

After this I was finally able to boot the system. I wanted to report this to see if you think this needs to be added to the manual installation guide.

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Maybe add here?:thinking::thinking:

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Nice find. I managed it by powering off, using power and volume down to reach the fastboot screen, selecting Recovery mode, then rebooting from Recovery. I then found a much easier way of installing manually over on xda. They were discussing a LineageOS install but it works for e/OS. I’ll post it in the other section mentioned here and ask if there is any risk given steps are skipped. Here is the link… (Scroll down to Jan. 13, 2021) https://xdaforums.com/t/rom-official-redfin-lineageos-20.4217559/