Re: [qubes-users] Dell XPS 15 9570 UEFI Issue

2019-07-10 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
Pete Howell:
> Can you post the link to the instructions you followed, please.  I did 
> finally give up on this and am back to Windows 10 on my Dell laptop; but, I'd 
> like to give it another try.
> 
> I should also mention that the ISO would never boot properly from the UEFI 
> partition on the USB stick, so I'm guessing that since the installer would 
> only boot in legacy mode, that that may be part of the reason I get a 
> successful Qubes install with no UEFI boot partition.
> 
> Does anyone know why the Qubes 4.0.1 image does not boot in UEFI?  The 
> partition shows up to boot from, but you just get a blank screen and no 
> installer.
> 
> On Tuesday, June 4, 2019 at 6:00:37 PM UTC-6, y...@tutanota.com wrote:
>> Update...I tried the efi=no-rs section in the UEFI troubleshooting guide 
>> again because I didn't try it from scratch and I got it to boot! The boot 
>> option shows up under UEFI but it requires Legacy Options ROMs to still be 
>> enabled in the BIOS.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Steps to install Qubes:
>>
>> 1. BIOS: Enable Legacy Options ROMs, Disable Secure Boot, SATA: AHCI mode
>>
>> 2. Boot USB drive in legacy mode - USB Storage Device.
>>
>> 3. Perform the steps in the UEFI troubleshooting section called 
>> "Installation freezes before getting to Anaconda / disable EFI runtime 
>> services". I used a Ubuntu liveCD to edit the xen.cfg file. When starting 
>> the installation, add kernel parameter nouveau.modeset=0.
> 
Believe the person you replied to was referring to
https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/uefi-troubleshooting/#installation-freezes-before-getting-to-anaconda--disable-efi-runtime-services.
There are also instructions at the top of that page to edit your installer.

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Re: [qubes-users] Dell XPS 15 9570 UEFI Issue

2019-07-10 Thread Pete Howell
Can you post the link to the instructions you followed, please.  I did finally 
give up on this and am back to Windows 10 on my Dell laptop; but, I'd like to 
give it another try.

I should also mention that the ISO would never boot properly from the UEFI 
partition on the USB stick, so I'm guessing that since the installer would only 
boot in legacy mode, that that may be part of the reason I get a successful 
Qubes install with no UEFI boot partition.

Does anyone know why the Qubes 4.0.1 image does not boot in UEFI?  The 
partition shows up to boot from, but you just get a blank screen and no 
installer.

On Tuesday, June 4, 2019 at 6:00:37 PM UTC-6, y...@tutanota.com wrote:
> Update...I tried the efi=no-rs section in the UEFI troubleshooting guide 
> again because I didn't try it from scratch and I got it to boot! The boot 
> option shows up under UEFI but it requires Legacy Options ROMs to still be 
> enabled in the BIOS.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Steps to install Qubes:
> 
> 1. BIOS: Enable Legacy Options ROMs, Disable Secure Boot, SATA: AHCI mode
> 
> 2. Boot USB drive in legacy mode - USB Storage Device.
> 
> 3. Perform the steps in the UEFI troubleshooting section called "Installation 
> freezes before getting to Anaconda / disable EFI runtime services". I used a 
> Ubuntu liveCD to edit the xen.cfg file. When starting the installation, add 
> kernel parameter nouveau.modeset=0.

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Re: [qubes-users] Dell XPS 15 9570 UEFI Issue

2019-06-04 Thread yqt
Update...I tried the efi=no-rs section in the UEFI troubleshooting guide again 
because I didn't try it from scratch and I got it to boot! The boot option 
shows up under UEFI but it requires Legacy Options ROMs to still be enabled in 
the BIOS.

Steps to install Qubes:
1. BIOS: Enable Legacy Options ROMs, Disable Secure Boot, SATA: AHCI mode
2. Boot USB drive in legacy mode - USB Storage Device.
3. Perform the steps in the UEFI troubleshooting section called "Installation 
freezes before getting to Anaconda / disable EFI runtime services". I used a 
Ubuntu liveCD to edit the xen.cfg file. When starting the installation, add 
kernel parameter nouveau.modeset=0.

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Re: [qubes-users] Dell XPS 15 9570 UEFI Issue

2019-06-04 Thread yqt
I'm having the same issue.

I haven't been able to boot the 4.0.1 installation with UEFI on my Dell XPS 15 
9570 w/  4k/NVMe/1050Ti. It doesn't look like anyone else has either. A screen 
briefly pops up saying Xen EFI and then it reboots. I am able to complete the 
installation booting from legacy boot mode but I am still unable to boot from 
it. I am not getting to a grub menu. "No bootable device found". Seems odd 
because Ubuntu/Fedora liveCDs boot fine with Dell's UEFI.

I previously installed Qubes on a USB drive for testing and was able to boot 
into Qubes just fine, it was just too slow. I've tried every step listed on the 
UEFI page as well as the Thinkpad UEFI troubleshooting page. Any suggestions on 
where to go from here besides selling my laptop?

For anyone else with this issue, to get through the installation: Enable Legacy 
Options ROMs, Disable Secure Boot, SATA ACPI mode, installation kernel 
parameter nouveau.modeset=0. The efibootmgr fix doesn't work in rescue mode, I 
think that's due to not loading the install via UEFI. efibootmgr will run fine 
from another liveCD booted through UEFI but it doesn't seem to help.

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Re: [qubes-users] Dell XPS 15 9570 UEFI Issue

2019-05-29 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users

Pete Howell:

I had a problem with v4.0.1 hanging halfway through the install, but adding "mapbs=1 
noexitboot=1" seems to have fixed the issue.  Unfortunately, the system does not 
boot -- it does not see a bootable device.

I tried following the UEFI troubleshooting article to no avail.  Copying 
/boot/efi/EFI/qubes to /boot/efi/EFI/BOOT with all the accompanying 
instructions did not work.  I did notice that the xen-*efi file was 0 length, 
so I also followed the instructions on adding the entries (with the correct 
file versions of course), but the last instruction talks about running the 
efibootmgr command, which doesn't run because there is no efivars kernel module.

I personally hate UEFI, but these newer systems leave you no choice -- you 
CANNOT boot from an internal drive without it.  Does anyone know how to resolve 
this?  I have a nice and very expensive brick that I'd like to turn into a 
production system.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.


Try using efibootmgr in a live boot from a different distro.

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[qubes-users] Dell XPS 15 9570 UEFI Issue

2019-05-28 Thread Pete Howell
I had a problem with v4.0.1 hanging halfway through the install, but adding 
"mapbs=1 noexitboot=1" seems to have fixed the issue.  Unfortunately, the 
system does not boot -- it does not see a bootable device.

I tried following the UEFI troubleshooting article to no avail.  Copying 
/boot/efi/EFI/qubes to /boot/efi/EFI/BOOT with all the accompanying 
instructions did not work.  I did notice that the xen-*efi file was 0 length, 
so I also followed the instructions on adding the entries (with the correct 
file versions of course), but the last instruction talks about running the 
efibootmgr command, which doesn't run because there is no efivars kernel module.

I personally hate UEFI, but these newer systems leave you no choice -- you 
CANNOT boot from an internal drive without it.  Does anyone know how to resolve 
this?  I have a nice and very expensive brick that I'd like to turn into a 
production system.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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