failed to start SSD after installing Qubes 4

[wd...@freenet.de]

Hey!

 

I have updated my Qubes 3.2 to the 4.0 over the USB (used DD in a live-CD to burn the iso).

Now i can not start the Harddrive, the screen stays black (also if i go to other console Strg+Alt+F2 or something else) after i choose the drive to boot.

 

i disabled secure boot in BIOS and any other security.

 

it just shows no grub as it seems, so something is wrong with the /boot partition

on the partition i can not find any grub and maby thats the point.

But i failed to install it over live CD

 

Laptop: Thinkpad W530

as i understood it supports VT-x with ETP and VT-d on the board and in BIOS

 

can somebody help please?

 

best regards

wdoof

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[wd...@freenet.de]

i also noticed that the directories are not as they will be describted on the trouble shooting page of qubes

 

this should be:

/boot/efi/EFI/qubes/xen.cfg

 

but if i mount the partition on the live CD i just get diretly EFI/qubes/xen.cfg without the first efi

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[wd...@freenet.de]

in BIOS i have both modes UEFI/Legacy with CMS and UEFI first

maby it went something wront with this setting

[wd...@freenet.de]

i think thats the problem with the GPT formating and UEFI and BIOS settings. Something goes wrong there.

 

should i install it in only UEFI mode??

or just leave it in "both" mode with CMS?

[wd...@freenet.de]

just reinstalled Qubes with UEFI-Mode only (without CMS) in BIOS... but i get still the blackscreen after reboot.. so it doesnt want to start the SSD.

 

the thing is... i don't see the start screen (grub2 or whatever it is) if i install from USB. It just start the USB without showing me the screen with possibilities to choose.

Normally it should show me "test media and install qubes".

 

so do i understand it right, that the grub or MBR is dead?

[wd...@freenet.de]

sorry for so many postings, but i work here on the problem :)

 

the thing is... the partition on the USB is GPT, so it doesnt use MBR.

It seems to be the problem with grub AND with UEFI/GPT-boot

 

please help somebody! :)

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On Tue, May 22, 2018 10:00 am, wd...@freenet.de wrote:
> just reinstalled Qubes with UEFI-Mode only (without CMS) in BIOS... but i

> get still the blackscreen after reboot... so it doesnt want to start the
> SSD
>  

> the thing is... i don't see the start screen (grub2 or whatever it is) if
> i install from USB. It just start the USB without showing me the screen
> with possibilities to choose.
> Normally it should show me "test media and install qubes".
>  
> so do i understand it right, that the grub or MBR is dead?

If you have a nvidia card in your laptop, try to disable it in your UEFI
config or add the nouveau.modeset=0 option. Also try installing in legacy
only mode, if you haven't already.