How do I create a Qubes USB Installer within Qubes OS (if it's possible)?

[O K]

Mint lets you do it, but not sure about Qubes.

[sourcexorapprentice]

1. Download and verify the latest Qubes iso in your AppVM:

https://github.com/tasket/Qubes-vpn-support

2. Plug in your USB flash drive, mount it to your AppVM

https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/usb-devices/

3. Flash the ISO to the USB using standard Linux command line instruction

This should be a dd command no different than Mint, if not search for instructions for flashing an image to USB in Fedora or Debian, depending on the AppVM that you're using, defaults are Fedora

[O K]

I have a verified copy of Qubes installed and want to install it on a second hard drive, so I was hoping to avoid the whole verification process and just create a usb installer from within the installed Qubes OS.  Is that possible?

[Andrew David Wong]

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On 18/08/2019 11.59 AM, O K wrote:
> I have a verified copy of Qubes installed and want to install it
> on a second hard drive, so I was hoping to avoid the whole
> verification process and just create a usb installer from within
> the installed Qubes OS. Is that possible?
>

You will still have to download and verify the ISO, because an
installation of Qubes OS does not include a Qubes ISO inside of itself.

However, the first step of the verification process is a bit easier
from inside a Qubes installation, because the Qubes Master Signing Key
is already included in every VM (except dom0):

https://www.qubes-os.org/security/verifying-signatures/#1-get-the-qubes-master-signing-key-and-verify-its-authenticity

P.S. -- Please avoid top-posting.

> On Saturday, August 17, 2019 at 2:33:23 PM UTC-4,
> sourcexorapprentice wrote:
>>
>> 1. Download and verify the latest Qubes iso in your AppVM:
>> https://github.com/tasket/Qubes-vpn-support
>>
>> 2. Plug in your USB flash drive, mount it to your AppVM
>> https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/usb-devices/
>>
>> 3. Flash the ISO to the USB using standard Linux command line
>> instruction This should be a dd command no different than Mint,
>> if not search for instructions for flashing an image to USB in
>> Fedora or Debian, depending on the AppVM that you're using,
>> defaults are Fedora
>>
>>
>> On Friday, August 16, 2019 at 10:51:11 AM UTC-4, O K wrote:
>>>
>>> Mint lets you do it, but not sure about Qubes.
>>>

- --
Andrew David Wong (Axon)
Community Manager, Qubes OS
https://www.qubes-os.org

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[Andrew David Wong]

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On 18/08/2019 12.36 PM, Andrew David Wong wrote:
> On 18/08/2019 11.59 AM, O K wrote:
>> I have a verified copy of Qubes installed and want to install it
>> on a second hard drive, so I was hoping to avoid the whole
>> verification process and just create a usb installer from within
>> the installed Qubes OS. Is that possible?
>
>
> You will still have to download and verify the ISO, because an
> installation of Qubes OS does not include a Qubes ISO inside of itself.
>
> However, the first step of the verification process is a bit easier
> from inside a Qubes installation, because the Qubes Master Signing Key
> is already included in every VM (except dom0):
>
> https://www.qubes-os.org/security/verifying-signatures/#1-get-the-qubes-master-signing-key-and-verify-its-authenticity
>
> P.S. -- Please avoid top-posting.
>

Likewise for the second step. The release key is already included:

https://www.qubes-os.org/security/verifying-signatures/#2-get-the-release-signing-key

>> On Saturday, August 17, 2019 at 2:33:23 PM UTC-4,
>> sourcexorapprentice wrote:
>>>
>>> 1. Download and verify the latest Qubes iso in your AppVM:
>>> https://github.com/tasket/Qubes-vpn-support
>>>
>>> 2. Plug in your USB flash drive, mount it to your AppVM
>>> https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/usb-devices/
>>>
>>> 3. Flash the ISO to the USB using standard Linux command line
>>> instruction This should be a dd command no different than Mint,
>>> if not search for instructions for flashing an image to USB in
>>> Fedora or Debian, depending on the AppVM that you're using,
>>> defaults are Fedora
>>>
>>>
>>> On Friday, August 16, 2019 at 10:51:11 AM UTC-4, O K wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Mint lets you do it, but not sure about Qubes.
>>>>

- --
Andrew David Wong (Axon)
Community Manager, Qubes OS
https://www.qubes-os.org

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