On Monday, April 9, 2018 at 3:17:04 AM UTC-8, Mike Keehan wrote: > On Wed, 4 Apr 2018 10:46:04 -0700 (PDT) > Scott Bwrote: > > > I decided over the long weekend to install Qubes 4.0 on my laptop > > after realizing that I could set up a dual-boot. I know this isn't > > very security conscious, but I was more concerned whether the > > hardware would be supported. It turns out I can't use my external > > monitor and usb keyboard, but that's not the real problem. > > > > I noticed after rebooting that I only had the Qubes boot menu option, > > Windows 10 was not available. In an effort to set things back to the > > way they were I removed the Qubes partitions using Ubuntu live from > > usb. (I don't remember at this point, but I think I may have changed > > my settings from UEFI to Legacy before installing and then changed it > > back after removing Qubes.) > > > > Now Windows won't boot and the laptop doesn't allow me to add it to > > the UEFI boot menu via the BIOS screen. During POST I get "No > > bootable devices found" even though the SSD shows up in the > > information screen. I have tried installing a dual-boot with Ubuntu > > but continue to get the startup error that there is no bootable > > device. Ubuntu installs, but then won't boot up. > > > > It seems to me, and I'm just getting up to speed on UEFI, that there > > is something similar to the master boot record missing. I've tried > > the solutions online that require booting from the Windows 10 > > installation USB and then attempting to repair my copy of Windows but > > none of them have worked. I'm out of ideas now and just about ready > > to format the drive. > > > > Has anyone else experienced this and if so, how did you recover? > > > > Let me know if you need more detailed information and I'll provide it. > > > > Hi Scott, > > I had the same problem at one stage on my Dell XPS 15. The bios did not > list any EFI boot options, not Windows, not Qubes, and gave the "No > bootable device" message. > > I had to use 'fdisk' on a recovery CD to rewrite the partition type back > to the boot partition. I described it earlier on this list to someone > else. I'll try to find the email if you still need to fix your box. > > Mike.
Hey Mike, If you could find that email that would be fantastic. I have a similar problem on my Dell XPS 13 9343 as described later in this thread: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/qubes-users/G6lMHyD16xc Basically, I can only get Qubes 4.0 installed using Legacy boot, which is fine with me, but I can't get it to boot. The machine reboots itself every time it tries to boot Qubes, no matter if I install on an internal or external SSD. I would really love to get it working. Tom -- 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/9099ebee-b12e-4532-a730-e1859ce7fe15%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
