HELP - Issue on Pixel 7 Panther (bootloader) invalid boot magic

[Liberty]

Hello everyone ! i got my new pixel 7 and was so happy to install /e/os…
After many hours (days now…) i post this message to obtain any help.

I tried with Android 13, it failed , and with Android 14 failed too.

usb debug OK, OEM unlock OK

fastboot flash boot.img OK

but

fastboot flash dtbo.img always FAILED the error message is this :

Sending ‘boot_a’ (65536 KB) OKAY [ 1.458s]
Writing ‘boot_a’ (bootloader) invalid boot magic
FAILED (remote: ‘failed to flash partition (boot_a): -7’)

fastboot version 36.0.0-13206524

any idea to help me to install EOS please ?

[tcecyk]

dtbo to boot? maybe just the wrong command order or count as in

Issue when flashing dtbo on pixel 6a

I got this exact error. After a lot of grief, I realised that I had copied and pasted the wrong command. Once I figured that out, it was smooth sailing. Once in fastboot the commands I typed were: fastboot flash boot boot.img (my initial boot img file name was boot-e-2.3-t-20240820427106-dev-bluejay.img which I renamed to boot.img). fastboot flash dtbo dtbo.img (my initial dtbo img file name was dtbo-e-2.3-t-20240820427106-dev-bluejay.img which I renamed to dtbo.img) adb reboot bootlo…

see fastboot flash dtbo dtbo.img

[Hase]

Hey @Liberty

did you do it by instructions?

the commands are not fastboot flash boot.IMG

Look in the instructions you will find the error.

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

happy flashing

[Liberty]

Hello, you give the solution !!! Thx you very much.
I changed names like you explain and c/paste the commands and the operation was success!!
Installation complete.

Bye bye g00gle !!