Qubes 3.2 on Lenovo Thinkpad P51

[Swâmi Petaramesh]

Hi,

I could get Qubes 3.2 to boot and install on a Lenovo Thinkpad P51, by
creating the USB install key according to Dave's advice at :

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/qubes-users/4VsKdxnKHBk

However, once installed, Qubes will not boot. The "Qubes" UEFI entry is
created, but the system doesn't seem to believe there's anything
bootable in there.

Using the same method, Qubes 4.0 RC1 will install, AND boot. (but it's
incomplete and Alpha IMHO)

I wonder is the fact that Qubes 3.2 will not boot after installation on
this machine could be related to Xen or kernel version, and I wonder If
I could try to upgrade them to the latest availables during install or
immediately after it, before attempting to reboot.

But I have no clue about whether this can be done with respect to Qubes
very specific architecture, and how I could possibly do it.

Any help would be much appreciated.

TIA.

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Swâmi Petaramesh <sw...@petaramesh.org> PGP 9076E32E

[Hugo Costa]

Have you followed all the ThinkPad focused advices? https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/thinkpad-troubleshooting/

[Swâmi Petaramesh]

Hi list :

Update : I could finally boot my Qubes 3.2 on Lenovo Thinkpad P51, after
installation, by using the rEFInd live USB :

http://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/

Looks like the way Qubes registered itself into UEFI was b0rked, and
this machine lacks any FWsetup-borne UEFI boot entries editing tool...

But rEFInd brings a graceful solution. I think I will have to install it
permanently in the EFI system partition (which leaves way too many boot
possibilities for my taste, but the Qubes SSD being encrypted anyway...)

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