Hi there,
I'm attempting to install this wonderful OS on my 2012 non-Retina Macbook Pro 
13". Unfortunately I can't find any entry for this machine on the HCL or in the 
Mac troubleshooting tips on the Qubes site. I've also searched Github, reddit 
and this  Google Group for help, but to no avail.

I've also tried to piece together advice from the Google Group and the Mac 
troubleshooting tips for Macbook Airs of a similar age and have got this far:

 - Qubes 3.2 on a USB2.0 drive (not USB3.0)

 - Booting from rEFInd first


When I boot from rEFInd and choose "Boot EFI\BOOT\xen.efi from ANACONDA" I get 
the four penguins and "efi: EFI_MEMMAP is not enabled" and "esrt: ESRT header 
is not in the memory map". Because the solutions for these problems require 
changing a lot of EFI options that Mac users don't have access to, I've decided 
BIOS booting is the way forward.

Again from rEFInd, when I choose "Boot Fallback boot loader from ANACONDA" I 
get the screen where one can choose to boot, check the media and boot or rescue 
a system. If I choose any of these the screen flashes and I'm dumped back at 
the same screen. This is also what I get without rEFInd

Last option from rEFInd - when I choose "Boot Legacy OS from whole disk Volume" 
I get what looks to be a typical GRUB boot screen (in blue, with the Qubes 
logo). "Install Qubes R3.2", "Test this media and install Qubes R3.2" and 
"Troubleshooting -> Install Qubes R3.2 in basic graphics mode" all result in 
exactly the same thing:
Loading xen.gz... ok Loading vmlinuz... ok Loading initrd.img... ok
And then nothing more. The cursor sits and blinks at me. Booting without 
'quiet' as a command line argument also doesn't give further details.

Does anybody have any ideas or is there something I have overlooked?

This machine is more than capable of running Qubes (dual SSDs and 16GB of RAM). 
I'd hate to have to get a new machine just for running Qubes.

Any help or ideas hugely appreciated.

thanks!

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