An error occurred while preparing the installation.

I’ve been trying to update my early 2015 13” mbp from Monterey (fully updated) to Sonoma for a little while, I’ve been unable to do so because this error keeps popping up. Then I looked to see if other people had this problem and I saw that their solution was installing Ventura first, but that still doesn’t work for me. I’ve also tried installing it to a blank partition but still nothing. Should I try a smaller usb?