On Friday, December 15, 2017 at 1:54:23 PM UTC, [email protected] wrote: > Dear qubes-users, > > I've been trying to get a version of Qubes running on an Asus Zenbook UX303 > (albeit by installing to a large USB 3 stick). > > Having DD'd the latest image (after verification) to an installation stick > using the latest Rufus the installer boots, recognises the target stick and > appears to install successfully using default settings and automatic > partition scheme. > > The target stick then boots successfully and proceeds to 1st-time setup and > VM creation, but hangs at a seemingly random point during this process (the > panning progress bar freezes indefinitely). > > I've tested with both 3.2 and 4.0, with the network card enabled and > disabled, and with and without default VM creation. > > The UX303 seems to be in a solid position in the HCL, so I'm wondering > whether I'm making a rookie error somewhere or whether it's that I'm > targeting a stick rather than the internal SSD that's causing the freezes > (such as the USB going to sleep midway). > > Any advice would be greatly appreciated. > > Callum
Well I successfully installed Qubes 4 RC-1 on a USB pen once, some months back when the first candidate was released. I only messed around for a few minutes, but despite the bugs and errors a first release has, it seemed to work somewhat. I'd rather try look elsewhere for a possible explanation first, for one, did you make sure to check all your BIOS settings? - Intel VT-d or AMD-Vi, enabled? (Default is typically disabled out of box). - Made sure there is no extra setting for Virtualisation? Some BIOS's have one. - Did you try remove hardware, or settings, which can be temporarily removed, and see if it fixes anything? I.e. use onboard graphics instead of graphic card. Try install, see if it works. Remove PCI cards, turn off unessential BIOS settings that might trigger driver issues (but don't change without knowing what you're doing, of course, as it can be dangerous and break the machine, but you probably know that already?). - It can also be something that needs to be turned on, sometimes it can be something unexpected, i.e. an otherwise unrelated BIOS setting that does not play nice with virtualization during a system install, unless its turned on, or off. - It can also make a difference if you install via EFI (granted without secureboot since Qubes currently has no key), or via LegacyBIOS boot and grub. Essentially, in my anecdotal experience it tends to work more times than not, by using legacy, in terms of driver issues and freezes. - As you suggested yourself, you might also have to try install on an actual harddrive, in case it really is the install location on an USB pen that is causing the issues. But in my optics this issue is somewhat lower on the list of suspects, however, I'm not an expert either. The fact that both 3.2. and 4 freezes, makes it seem like that there is something wrong with the hardware features, or BIOS settings. Did you at any previous time successfully install any other Linux on the machine? The kernel worked fine? -- 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/ecf2c4f4-9965-4478-b814-8805a6ce6e7e%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
