-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 On 2016-09-05 20:34, Benoit Georgelin wrote: > Hi users of the Qubes Os list, > > This weekend I decided to install this Os that I have been > following for a while . After trying once, without spending too > much time (1h) and fail to install, I decided to give it another > try. > > I spend the weekend trying to figure how to install the system. > Here is my feedback and my errors because unfortunately I could not > make it work . > > 1- Install media : USB > > I did use an USB Key for my installation media. > > First problem, my computer (Toshiba Satellite P50) use EFI I'm > aware 3.0 does not support EFI , I did try 3.1 and 3.2-rc3 Both > case , dd if=image of=/dev/usb boot to a grub shell > > So to get from grub shell to grub install : > > set root=hd0.1 linuxefi /EFI/BOOT/vmlinuz root=live:/dev/sdb1 > initrdefi /EFI/BOOT/initrd.img boot > > That, gave me the possibilité to boot the installer and "install" > the OS > > 2- USB key cannot be use as the installation media If I want to use > the usb as the install media, that is what is expected, here is the > error : > > Installation Source : Error setting up base repository > > So, yes, not possible to use the USB key as the source of the > installation media. > > I have to use another USB-KEY with the Qubes Os iso file , plugged > at the right time to be able to use it. > > 3- Installation process lead to no-bootable device > > I tried automatic partitionning, manual partitionning , btrfs or > ext4 partition, nothing After the installation ends , disk boot > failure, please insert ... > > But, 2 times, over maybe 10 , I have got the system booting after > the installation end. And the only two times it worked , the boot > process crashed and could not boot the device anymore > > 4- Installation finished, boot with the usb-key plugged in to get a > grub terminal and boot my Qubes Os with grub shell command > > So yes, this is all it take to me to boot up the system Some will > say that it's a good security to avoid anyone booting the system, > but I would like to have a normal boot process :) > > 5- Not able to finalise installation > > At the first boot, QubesOs ask for the first configuration . In my > case 100% of the time I could get to this operation failed with the > error that you can see on that picture : > > https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cro4G4vWYAA2reD.jpg > > > So the installation first configuration process crash, I can't do > it. > > After , I'm able to login with my user into dom-0 Inside dom-0 I > cannot do anything because the configuration does not exist and > because I don't know what to do to solve that. > > I don't really know if all of this is "hardware specific" issues, > but I don't think so. The computer is few years old The disk is an > SSD brand new > > The installation process does everything correctly , I mean no > errors and "normal" process that lead to a disk boot failure . I > can see the disk have the bootable flag , /boot partition is here > /boot/efi partition too > > I someone have any suggestion I'll be happy to try it stable > version 3.1 and 3.2 have exactly the same behavior 3.2 does not > allow BTRFS partitioning so I went for ext4 > > I hope the feedback will give some input to QubesOs team and others > users > > Cheers, Benoit >
Just as a quick check: Did you verify the ISO prior to dd-ing it to the USB drive? https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/verifying-signatures/ - -- Andrew David Wong (Axon) Community Manager, Qubes OS https://www.qubes-os.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJXzlh/AAoJENtN07w5UDAwhhcP/iBBYg3cYV0PHH4XCfL6XCiQ sPN8vFhcy+5MKN/waENLVCV4KV/VMxypX5pKJBHZkeL0wUamYjiHOhBGnFSDhlo2 TWi1EFRSuHK5xTbliyBGSyJY+cQY1YwW7/NGWl2QQuvhXcP5wEenqoMspFHV5rG7 A9UVoGynU4G4b36Uf6STZhKiHfgVAF7xIhZ57h7Ml2YGe/HusTdb2vfqaRtF00Ty lTdUR4kmbSa1JCzOSnkM6EaHo4lkG2pMg9zBkbqTfMkm//KPHYYEfgV0TcSmqRra OcN+pBd+2xx7NIRlXi4h42rCeaUYVM9MuEFfKbUG/krAJkDsyvBoagknPAgDwHSo 9rwzip1JtXsgYOaG3aptp5iN/nB7gQ94MhxNh/2bvjqINw0WVd+uEKwZl95QUgPm NyBxRru5j1APe2tUYs39MdxIww1Q+OSeimUDunNQZj2WuInLl0MALkxTH2n5Yir0 wDLLZGHaAXgjNbasO3/tITFEzQcdGO+fuO8AB3/uD0kAY+ENRjnoEOqbbXg3+sTN dEWsd0GJTDpNz2B/pyfiX+nF9vWwtubIRlqz866OpcPS7gVHc72/eUj6DkzEpmHc BqS+p4Tljoz54T8tzNWHTmQ/b4iVFggY9YBrFVGKQfDL1KNu+L0GBtMMk1gXVMf+ 4dufMrllVMQAMdgYVfRA =lfpO -----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/90cc672f-0dfd-1d1b-3508-c4f64b390c61%40qubes-os.org. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
