On Tuesday, May 23, 2017 at 11:23:32 PM UTC+2, Martin Bak wrote: > On Tuesday, May 23, 2017 at 11:18:22 PM UTC+2, cooloutac wrote: > > On Tuesday, May 23, 2017 at 5:06:01 PM UTC-4, Martin Bak wrote: > > > On Tuesday, May 23, 2017 at 5:30:08 PM UTC+2, ski...@wgu.edu wrote: > > > > > Here is what i have done: > > > > > > > > > > 1. Downloadet and verified Cubes ISO > > > > > 2. From Windows 10, used Rufus (in DD mode) and wrote ISO to a > > > > > Sandisk Extreme Pro 32 GB SD card > > > > > 3. Im using a Dell XPS 9350 U6500 i7 laptop, in BIOS i have disabled > > > > > "Secure boot", which let me select legacy mode, so i can boot from > > > > > the SD card > > > > > 4. Booting works fine - Qubes menu shows up... > > > > > 5. It does not matter what i select (install/test and install) the > > > > > result is the same... > > > > > 6. After i select one of them...it start checking some different > > > > > stuff (Loading xem.gz = OK, loading vmlinuz = OK, Loading initrd.img > > > > > OK) > > > > > 7. I used my iphone to record the following text because it only > > > > > shows up for a sec... > > > > > > > > > > "9.179648 - dracut-pre-trigger[522]: cat: /tmp/dd_disk: No such file > > > > > or directory" > > > > > > > > > > after the error message above the screen stays black/blank and > > > > > nothing happens. > > > > > > > > I think that I had a similar issue with Qubes installing on an iMac. If > > > > memory serves me correctly, it was the same error message with dracut. > > > > I had to turn to rEFIt ( http://refit.sourceforge.net/ ) to get it to > > > > work. You're working on different hardware that might be more forgiving > > > > of that. In fact, the things you've listed, aside from trying a USB > > > > drive instead, are the things that I'd do. > > > > > > > > Secondly, it sounds like that the installer media isn't loading up the > > > > ramdisk that it will use to make itself work right. Maybe something as > > > > simple as the little plastic latch on the SD card that puts it into > > > > read only mode? > > > > > > > > Third, Qubes. It's spelled Qubes. Thought I'd correct that misspelling, > > > > before the more ... passionate Qubes users have the opportunity to do > > > > so. > > > > > > I simply can't install "rEFIt" on an USB by using Rufus - it simply > > > denies to write the file (as ISO, no matter if i remane the > > > "rEFIt-0.14.cdr" file to "rEFIt-0.14.iso")... look here, they have the > > > exact same issue on a windows pc... > > > https://superuser.com/questions/140976/how-to-burn-refit-cdr-or-dmg-in-ubuntu-or-windows > > > > do you have a legacy boot option in your bios instead of uefi? also I use > > rawrite32 program to burn it in windows. > > https://www.netbsd.org/~martin/rawrite32/ > > Yes - as described i my second post - i use Legacy mode - and actually im > only able to use Legacy mode (By disabling "Secure boot"). > > Thanks! Im will test the rawwrite out now! :-) Could you tell me how me how > rEFit works regarding Qubes? Do i use it to boot Qubes first time to install > it - or how does the concept works?
I just tried the rawwrite... but is only writes 20 MB of data and afterwards its not able to read the USB in Windows...Does it sound right? -- 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/d8331c2e-f631-4065-a665-b0690fce42de%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
