On Sun, 21 May 2017 09:36:35 -0700 (PDT) [email protected] wrote: > Hello, I tried to install qubes on my ROG laptop a couple months ago > and didn't get very far. These last couple of days, I've decided to > re-tackle the issue because I am really interested in using this OS. > This time, I managed to get a little further on understanding the > issue I've been having but I do need help to continue. > > So, I'm using a usb flash drive as my installation source. Whenever I > boot from my usb, I'm greeted with the ususal installation menu with > all the features it normally should have. Whenever I try to install > qubes on my system, the graphical menu tries to load and I can see > the Qubes logo on the light blue background for a split second, > before it disappears and I continue on the text install menu. No > matter what I do, I end up with this error : > > "Encryption requested for LUKS device sda2 but no encryption key > specified for this device." > > Before the installer stops and I have to restart my pc. After reading > up a little bit on the subject, it seems like the text installer > simply doesnt allow you to input the encryption key you want to use, > so it inevitably fails. It seems like this might be due to > incompatibility with my GTX 960M card, where my system attempts to > use it but fails because Qubes is incompatible with it. What should I > do? Something I do know is I could force my system to use intel > graphics, but my BIOS doesn't let me do that anywhere, and I'm scared > of flashing another BIOS, screwing things up and bricking my > expensive device. > > So anyway, thanks in advance to anyone who takes the time to reply, > and regardless I hope you have a nice day. >
I had to use EFI to boot the usb stick on my machine - the legacy bios boot always ended up in the text installer. Mike. -- 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/20170521194803.4f9b8c91.mike%40keehan.net. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
