On Fri, Apr 14, 2017 at 09:28:03AM -0700, rubboe...@gmail.com wrote: > First of all I really want to say I appreciate you help. Here are some more > details you asked for. I was not able to log in with the qwerty settings( the > only letter that could be different was the 'z' that would be a 'w' on my > keyboard). My linux knowledge is not so big, sorry for that. When I first > installed Qubes i choose the basic 'Install Qubes' option and not 'Test & > Media' stuff if i remeber that correctly. I filled in all the requider > information and went further. Then it asked me to delete Windows,... to make > more place free for Qubes. Then it started the installation. After a while > the 'Disk password' came up and that's where i'm stuck right now. If I want > windows back Ill guess i have to do it via a USB stick because i deleted > Windows to create more space for Qubes? > > > I've first tried to get into my BIOS when my pc starts up. Pressed del, f10 > and f11 at the beginning but I did not managed to get into my BIOS... > > When my pc started up the first thing on my screen I see is the Grub boot > menu with: > -Qubes, with Xen hypervisor > -Advanced options for Qubes(with Xen hypervisor) > I can also enter 'e' to edit and press 'c' for a command line. > > I hope you can help me further. >
On one of my desktops, the boot screen is so fast that I don't see it. I have to just keep hammering away at the Del key to beat grub. You may be in that position. >From what you've said, if you genuinely cant get the password right then you have no alternative but to reinstall. You should think of what you have as a blank disk. Probably not what you want to hear. I would definitely exhaust all the possibilities on the encryption password before giving up though. (One possibility I have sometime seen is that extra characters get inserted during the boot - if you press LeftArrow you can get to text prompt, and you may see that some characters have been filled at the prompt - backspace to delete these and then try your qwerty version of your password.) I assume that when you installed Qubes you were able to boot from USB, which suggests that your GRUB is set up to boot from USB in priority to HD. So I would try that. If that doesn't work then try booting with the HD removed, and then hot plugging it back again. Good luck unman -- 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 qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to qubes-users@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/20170414213925.GA30925%40thirdeyesecurity.org. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
