On Friday, 9 February 2018 10:50:03 UTC, Yuraeitha wrote: > On Friday, February 9, 2018 at 11:02:21 AM UTC+1, Alex Dubois wrote: > > On Friday, 9 February 2018 09:04:25 UTC, Yuraeitha wrote: > > > On Friday, February 9, 2018 at 9:25:52 AM UTC+1, Alex Dubois wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I am trying to get Windows installed on R4. > > > > > > > > qvm-create win7 --class StandaloneVM --label blue > > > > qvm-prefs win7 | grep virt > > > > it is pvh > > > > qvm-prefs win7 virt_mode hvm (I suspect doc needs to be updated here) > > > > qvm-start win7 --cdrom=sys-usb:sr0 > > > > I get 4 lines SeaBios, last one being "Probing EDD (edd=off to > > > > disable!... ok" - Screenshot attached. > > > > qvm-ls > > > > win7 is halted > > > > > > > > I saw ticket https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/3055 > > > > providing the --cdrom option. > > > > > > > > Am I missing something? > > > > > > Right now "most" things work in Qubes 4, but many of them have one of the > > > multiple of approaches to do the same thing, where some of these multiple > > > approaches are not working. Extra approaches to do the same thing, may > > > have lower priority if it works if done in a different way. These issues > > > will eventually get fixed, it's just a matter for the developers to > > > advance down the list of priorities of fixes. > > > > Yes I know, I'm planning on helping... on a Windows 10 QWT workaround that > > is secure and follow Qubes OS philosophy. > > > > > > For example, sometimes using the terminal is better, while other times > > > the GUI works better. Mostly the terminal works better, but there are > > > cases where the GUI works better than the terminal commands. > > > > > > Your issue might be one of those case, "Especially!" considering the GUI > > > to boot from a CDROM/DVD has been re-made, and the whole admin > > > panel/python code beneath it. So chances are that the GUI works better, > > > since they put focused effort into this GUI tool, and "may" have > > > postponed terminal fixes for later lower priorities. > > > > > > What I recommend is that you shutdown your Win7 VM --> go to the VM's > > > graphical settings --> Advanced tab --> pick the "Boot qube from CDROM" > > > button. > > > > > > Try give it a try, see if it works or not. > > > > I had tried and it was not working, but thanks for the suggestion. > > > > > > > > > > > > If it doesn't work: Then it might be because this feature has an overall > > > lower priority to get fixed compared to other things in Qubes 4 atm. > > > Perhaps other suggestions can find a way to bypass this issue, keep > > > checking this thread over the coming days for anyone posting. > > > > > > Also Qubes 4 will probably not be final release stage before both GUI and > > > terminal works for the most important features. Until then, you have to > > > find work-arounds for things like these. > > ah my bad, I did not know that. I tend to just go full speed ahead with the > size of my context in my suggestions if I don't know anything about a persons > existing knowledge. It does from time to time cause big problems if I assumed > wrong, I really need to stop doing that habit ^^; > > btw in case you haven't seen it, we currently having a discussion about Win7 > in Qubes-devel > https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/qubes-devel/tBqwJmOAJ94 > In case some of the work-around fixes and issue discussions may have some > useful inputs for the work on Win10 (for example Marek's post is very > insightful), and also the wiki that Ivan made is being used to keep every > confirmed known issues in a single place.
No problem. Ah thanks for the pointer. I'll check. (I wish I could PM). Assume I do thank you in the future when I do not reply ;) -- 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/6a1a8a88-cc9b-4fb4-8d92-014394eeb632%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
