On Thu, Jul 06, 2017 at 06:21:57PM +0000, [email protected] wrote: > > > > > So, pressing the Shift Key from Starting the box *should* bring up the > > Grub menu. > > Sometimes, I've tried keeping it pressed, or just repeatedly hammering > > on the key from start. > > > > If you really cant get a grub menu, then you can use a live distro to > > fix the problem.If you dont have one they are not difficult to get - for > > what you want to do I'd suggest something small - slitaz, dsl,nanolinux. > > > > Boot to the live distro, mount your /boot partition and edit the > > grub2//grub.cfg - > > look for entries relating to TIMEOUT - if you have HIDDEN_TIMEOUT, delete > > that line. > > set TIMEOUT=30 > > Save the file. > > umount /mnt (or wherever you mounted boot partition) > > reboot > > I went with a live os from another usb, decrypted the HDD, and since I > couldn't find any grub2 folder or grub.cfg file I started searching for grub > files, I looked at them all, and only 1 had the TIMEOUT Lines etc, It is > located at '/etc/sysconfig' . So once in the sysconfig folder I did the > 'sudo nano grub' and modified the following lines > FROM : > GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=0 > GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET=true > GRUB_TIMEOUT=10 > TO: > GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=30 > GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET=false > GRUB_TIMEOUT=30 > > saved the file, unmounted the HDD, and on reboot I pressed the left-shift > (during all boot) and nothing, just a black screen with some "_" showing up > sometimes, and after a few seconds it gets into the uefi-boot. got the same > thing hammering the left-shit instead of just pressing it from the start. > Got the same result. > Then I rebooted without pressing anything and it went to the uefi-bios AND I > NOTICED THAT NOW "Qubes" OS DOESN'T EVEN SHOW UP in the bios list, and > rebooting again and again the OS IS NOT EVEN LOADED ANYMORE and the > passphrase is not asked anymore!!!!! > :(((( DESPERATION IS RISING UP > > Plus when I went back booting the live OS from the usb, and going back to > /etc/sysconfig and issuing 'nano grub', I noticed the file remained > unchanged, which if you think about it, it's normal because it's wrote on it > that to apply the changes you have to issue "update-grub", which btw I can't > do because i'm not in the qubes OS!!! > _______________________________________________________________________________ > > > I had the same problem a few months ago. If you have a PS/2 port on your > > motherboard just plug the keyboard via a ps/2 to usb adapter and never > > worry about that again. > > I would have tried that but I do not have the ps/2-usb adapter. Now that I > know I could use one I would think about buying one as a last resource, but > since now the problem got even worse and the os is not loaded and > consequently the passphrase is not even asked, thats not gonna help :( > _______________________________________________________________________________ > > > Try removing the 'rd.qubes.hide_all_usb' entry from dom0's > > /boot/efi/EFI/qubes/xen.cfg. > > > > You can do this from a liveUSB or another OS if you do not have the > > ability to edit it from within Qubes. > > > > Credit to mnords on IRC for the solution. > > > > Andrew Morgan > > Unfortunately booting with a live OS from a usb, accessing the internal HDD, > going to /boot as you said, unfortunately that folder is completely empty, > not even hidden files are there. (not even 'ls -a' didn't show anything) > _______________________________________________________________________________ > > :(((( DESPERATION IS RISING UP > Isn't there a way to copy my Vms from the live OS (in the usb) ? so I can > just reinstall the system and change the vms folders like when using Vbox ? > > Thank you for the attempts to help till now, I truly and deeply hope to get > out of this trouble.. it's a nightmare to me. >
It's really important that you take it steadily, and stay calm. At this stage I would ensure that I have all the data secure. Since you know how to decrypt your Qubes partition and mount it, you can take a backup of the data - the VMs are all in /var/lib/qubes - and the xml file you see there contains Qubes internal data. But the actual data can be secured by copying the appVM directories to an external drive. Do that and the feeling of panic will subside, because you know your data is safe. At that point you can do what you like - reinstall, or continue to try to solve the boot problem. I would have a cup of tea while the files are backing up - very soothing. -- 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/20170706202803.xu6rgj4ye7rjblyl%40thirdeyesecurity.org. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
