Installation Problems; Qubes 3.2

[habib.b...@gmail.com]

I have a brand new Lenovo t450s I just bought for the purpose of installing qubes onto it and I have thoroughly followed all the instructions

Iam using a USB device which I used Rufus to instal the ISO image in DD mode and then I went into xen.cfg and did exactly as instructions stated to add

mapbs=1
noexitboot=1

To each kernel but it keeps getting stuck in boot loop

Someone please help
Thanks

[wdan...@gmail.com]

I have exactly the same problem with a Lenovo T450. After I set parameters in the BIOS screen per

https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/thinkpad-troubleshooting/

Qubes version 3.1 installed fine, but cannot wake up laptop after suspend. Tried to install Qubes 3.2 to fix this, but got stuck in UEFI loop same as post above while using USB memory stick for install. I tried to follow the workaround described at this link:

https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/uefi-troubleshooting/

but there is no chainloader command I can find in the Qubes install menus. Please help.

[Dan Wilson]

To clarify my previous post: when I start to boot Qubes 3.2 from the USB memory stick, I see the menu options as follows

Install Qubes R3.2
Test this media and install Qubes R3.2
Troubleshooting

When I choose "Troubleshooting" I get to a second menu as follows

Install Qubes R3.2 in basic graphics mode
Rescue a Qubes system
Run a memory test
Boot from local drive
Return to main menu

I don't see the menu item "Boot from device" as described in the link
https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/uefi-troubleshooting/

Please suggest a way to get past the BIOS boot loop and install Qubes R3.2 on my Lenovo T450.

Thanks!

[Dan Wilson]

To clarify my previous post: when I start to boot Qubes 3.2 from the USB memory stick, I see the menu options as follows

Install Qubes R3.2
Test this media and install Qubes R3.2
Troubleshooting

When I choose "Troubleshooting" I get to a second menu as follows

Install Qubes R3.2 in basic graphics mode
Rescue a Qubes system
Run a memory test
Boot from local drive
Return to main menu

I don't see the menu item "Boot from device" as described in the link
https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/uefi-troubleshooting/

Please suggest a way to get past the BIOS boot loop and install Qubes R3.2 on my Lenovo T450.

Thanks!

[qmast...@gmail.com]

вторник, 4 октября 2016 г., 22:10:17 UTC+3 пользователь habib.b...@gmail.com написал:

You could try installing Qubes 3.1 and then upgrading it to Qubes 3.2
Yes, it is time consuming and not really a solution, but maybe it could help to clarify what is wrong

[podmo]

Dan Wilson wrote:

>
> I don't see the menu item "Boot from device" as described in the link
> https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/uefi-troubleshooting/
>
> Please suggest a way to get past the BIOS boot loop and install Qubes R3.2
> on my Lenovo T450.

It sounds like you aren't getting to the GRUB menu. See footnote #1 on the
doc you linked. Also, please see my recent reply to the list on a similar
installation issue, some of the suggestions in there may help you too.

[guess...@gmail.com]

Footnote 1 link is broken....

[guess...@gmail.com]

Were you able to get into the grub menu?
I am lost in trying so myself.

[Dave C]

On Monday, July 3, 2017 at 6:30:34 PM UTC-7, guess...@gmail.com wrote:
> Were you able to get into the grub menu?
> I am lost in trying so myself.

I had success, after much trouble, getting Qubes 3.2 to install on a recent lenovo and UEFI. I described how here: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/qubes-users/uefi%7Csort:relevance/qubes-users/4VsKdxnKHBk/mEb1VIImBAAJ