[qubes-users] Re: Getting HVM to recognize a Windows 10 "Installation Media" bootable USB for installation

2017-04-12 Thread bryce . paul . guinta
On Monday, March 13, 2017 at 11:24:04 AM UTC-6, bryce.pa...@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi, I recently created a USB bootable installation media from my previous 
> Windows 10 installation using a Microsoft media creation tool. In addition to 
> the installation media, it contains info about my product key somehow. I've 
> done this before moving from HDD to SSD.
> 
> [dom0] mount /dev/sdd1 /mnt
> [dom0] ls /mnt
> Here's the file contents of the base directory of the only partition of the 
> usb:
> 
> autorun.inf
> bootmgr
> bootmgf.efi
> boot
> efi
> MediaMeta.xml
> setup.exe
> sources
> support
> 
> Fdisk -l tell me that the first and only usb partition (/dev/sdd1) is marked 
> as bootable. The partition type is W95 FAT32 (LBA).
> 
> My bios also successfully boots into the device.
> 
> Here's what I've tried so far:
> 
> [dom0] qvm-create win10 --hvm --label green
> [dom0] qvm-start --cdrom /dev/sdd win10
> [win10] Booting from CD-Rom...
> 7663MB medium detected
> CDROM boot failure code : 0005
> Boot from CD-Rom failed: could not read the boot disk
> [dom0] qvm-start --cdrom /dev/sdd1
> Same output
> [dom0] qvm-start --hd /dev/sdd
> CDROM boot failure code : 0002
> ..
> Boot from Hard Disk failed: not a bootable disk
> [dom0] qvm-start --hd /dev/sdd1
> Same output
> [dom0] dd if=/dev/sdd of=/windows.img
>  (all the enumerations of trying windows.img)
> [dom0] dd if=/dev/sdd1 of=/windows_sdd1.img
>  (all the enumerations of trying this image)
> 
> I've run out of things to try. I cannot boot into the old Windows install to 
> get the product key since I cloned it to a new drive, so I can't go the iso 
> route easily.
> 
> I'm running Qubes 3.2 with the latest dom0 updates.
> 
> Can anyone help me get this USB to boot into an HVM?

Just to give an update for anyone who find this, I was never able to get the 
HVM to boot the USB.

I booted the HVM with a bootable iso with grub on it and then tried to attach 
the usb as a device and boot from there, but all the bootable isos I tried 
would not recognize the Qubes attached virtual device.

I ended up installing Windows 10 on a secondary hard drive. Unfortunately when 
things don't work and they need to work, the only option is to sacrifice some 
security.

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[qubes-users] Re: Getting HVM to recognize a Windows 10 "Installation Media" bootable USB for installation

2017-03-13 Thread bryce . paul . guinta
On Monday, March 13, 2017 at 4:26:18 PM UTC-6, Grzesiek Chodzicki wrote:
> W dniu poniedziałek, 13 marca 2017 22:18:42 UTC+1 użytkownik 
> bryce.pa...@gmail.com napisał:
> > Some additional information:
> > 
> > vt-x is available and enabled in the BIOS
> > vt-d is not available
> 
> Are You sure You used the correct syntax? it's supposed to be 
> --drive=/dev/sdd (equals sign not a space)

Grezesiek,

Thanks for responding. I did use spaces. I just tried all the same 
commands(--cdrom and --hd and --hddisk) with the '=' sign separator as you 
suggested with the same results unfortunately. I also tried the --drive command 
with each prefix e.g. 'qvm-start --drive=hd:/dev/sdd win10' with the same 
results.

I'm wondering if I need a custom xen config for this usb to boot.

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[qubes-users] Re: Getting HVM to recognize a Windows 10 "Installation Media" bootable USB for installation

2017-03-13 Thread Grzesiek Chodzicki
W dniu poniedziałek, 13 marca 2017 22:18:42 UTC+1 użytkownik 
bryce.pa...@gmail.com napisał:
> Some additional information:
> 
> vt-x is available and enabled in the BIOS
> vt-d is not available

Are You sure You used the correct syntax? it's supposed to be --drive=/dev/sdd 
(equals sign not a space)

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[qubes-users] Re: Getting HVM to recognize a Windows 10 "Installation Media" bootable USB for installation

2017-03-13 Thread bryce . paul . guinta
Some additional information:

vt-x is available and enabled in the BIOS
vt-d is not available

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