-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 11:58:58AM -0700, [email protected] wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Would-be new user of Qubes here, but a longtime Linux user. I'm trying to > install Qubes-R3.1-x86_64 on a Lenovo Thinkpad T420. I encountered the > "hangs on penguins" problem described here: > > https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/uefi-troubleshooting/ > > I followed the steps there and they all worked well, until the very last > section where it asks for " /boot/efi partition number". I don't know what > that is and I don't think it came from the previous steps. I tried it with > the entry number and with a similar number that came up during a different > step, but neither worked. > > One time it gave me an error reading "segmentation fault" and something > about needing a unique instance. When I rebooted, I couldn't boot to > anything. Another time it created two instances of Qubes in the boot menu > but trying to boot to either got stuck at penguins. > > I think all I really need is to know what a partition number is and where > to find it. Googling hasn't helped me so far, and I'd really appreciate > any help you all could provide. > > Thanks so much for all your work!! Looking forward to getting Qubes going.
One of easiest way is `df /boot/efi` command - you'll see something like /dev/sda1 at the beginning. That "1" (or other number) is the partition number. - -- Best Regards, Marek Marczykowski-Górecki Invisible Things Lab A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJXxEUSAAoJENuP0xzK19cswPAH/iHacUwOvwB0mkxl7oGlyvwd ihV8hmPghoWvY3md5DIV49H44QyyoyUjKR56Sv6tcZWGf2O1ooXAqHyOyMQkcrU0 cahvFVgfcOK595xvU1KyGScd9bzMN73uDOSH7oA2LPwhHbj1gFwC9awlLXYyrQgh /mnbG35oKinrs7PvgfhS1UsWi3xCS5o/cC4EYjG/gkokTcFb3+rC4FWk79ZkXKLr b6LN8w6kdHhmbXJtFjbEHAOjJzTfgiB0vyCUZHm9Lr6OF4Uf8KGQRRhCZ1FYk2lA sZxofw1FBJPp+RTIO3fIgM3V+AvzR0onaJekEJC58Ts/t/TA2e0i54AmehnQOuQ= =a8wM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/20160829142210.GE21245%40mail-itl. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
