Jake Knobloch: > [email protected]: >>> I have tried the troubleshooting steps "Installation finished but >>> “Qubes” >>> boot option is missing and xen.cfg is empty" but I get the error when >>> trying to create efi boot entry "EFI variables are not support on this >>> system." Seems it's safe to assume this is yet another unsupported >>> laptop. I've yet to run Qubes on hardware that's less than 5 years old. >>> >>> >>> On Thursday, August 8, 2019 at 2:26:52 PM UTC-5, >>> [email protected] wrote: >>>> I have been trying to get Qubes installed again and have not been >>>> successful. First I tried on a Precision 5530 but nvidia can't be >>>> disabled >>>> and nothing seemed to be working right. I purchased a Dell Latitude >>>> 5491 >>>> specifically for Qubes and seem to be having all the same problems. >>>> I'm >>>> able to enable legacy boot mode and run through the installer that >>>> way, but >>>> then I get a drive that has no bootable partition. I'm not finding >>>> anything in the documentation other than run the installer and go from >>>> there. Are there any special steps that need to be performed to get a >>>> recent model laptop to boot Qubes after installing in legacy boot mode? >>>> >> If you're doing a legacy boot, EFI is effectively turned off so you >> won't see a xen.cfg etc. You might need to add the hard drive in your >> BIOS settings boot order in legacy mode, even if it's already in there >> in UEFI mode. Also, what happened when you first tried to install Qubes >> in EFI (non-legacy) mode? > > Thank you for the suggestions. First, the installer would not finish > booting in EFI mode. With EFI and secure boot turned on, I get the > message saying "Operating System Loader failed signature verification." > With mode EFI and secure boot off I see 4 lines of output, something > about xen, something about bootx64.cfg, then vmlinuz, and last line is > initrd. After that the screen goes blank and ctrl-alt-del does not > work, box is locked up. One press of the power button and it shuts > right off. > > I have looked in the bios and I am not able to add the hard drive to > legacy boot mode. The Dell Latitude 5491 bios has the message saying > "Legacy External Devices boot mode does not support OS boot on internal > storage[...]" > > Try the steps in this section: https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/uefi-troubleshooting/#installation-freezes-before-getting-to-anaconda-qubes-40, then attempt a reinstall in UEFI mode. Adding that nouveau.modeset=0 line could also permit your install image to work on the 5530. If you still have no joy getting it installed on the 5491, try the section after about disabling runtime services. That's really a last resort though, because it makes every Xen update a pain.
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