On Monday, November 27, 2017 at 1:19:04 AM UTC-8, Tom Zander wrote:
> On Monday, 27 November 2017 07:03:51 CET Wael Nasreddine wrote:
> > I'm trying to create a Standalone VM to run ArchLinux dedicated for work,
> > but the VM fails to start,
> 
> Where did you get the archlinux VM from?

I created a new VM, not based on any template (a menu option in the create new 
VM prompt). The VM never got passed Bios boot, similar to [0] without the 
window re-appearing; So I was never able to actually install it.

> 
> I successfully managed to get this working over the weekend by;
> a) following the basics (dns install etc) here (point3 & 4).
> Don’t do point 5 - 10.
> https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/building-archlinux-template/
> 
> b) follow the simplest guide from this report;
> https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/3185
> 
> Then continue with points 10 -  from the official docs.
> 

Thanks for the tip, I might try that as well.

> 
> Generally, after a weekend of intense working with qubes4r2 (testing) I 
> would say that creating new VMs based on a template and starting them is a 
> bit of a hit-and-miss.
> I’m guessing that the daemon in dom0 has some race conditions that sometimes 
> leaves newly created vms broken. Stress the system less and it seems to work 
> more stable.
> 
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> Tom Zander
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[0]: https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/3185#issuecomment-338470156

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