Installing in UEFI (Ryzen 1800X, ASRock Fatal1ty X370 Professional Gaming)

[Willem D]

Hi All,

I tried installing Qubes 4.0-rc3 in UEFI mode using a USB drive. After POST I see 4 options* regardless of what option I choose the message "Couldn't obtain the File System Protocol Interface" flashes very quickly on my screen and the 4 options are displayed on the screen again.

I found the report on Github: https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/2838 which describes the same issue as I have. I would like to debug the problem, but I require assistance with that.

I was able to test media and install Qubes when booting in legacy mode. I do however require my system to run in UEFI mode. It might be possible to force the OS to boot in UEFI mode after installing in legacy, however I would rather try to find the cause of the problem and improve the experience for others with the same issue.

I am able to start Fedora 27's anaconda installer in UEFI mode using the same hardware.

*options:
"Test media and install Qubes R4.0-rc3"
"Install Qubes R4.0-rc3"
"Troubleshooting - verbose boot and Install Qubes R4.0-rc"
"Rescue a Qubes system"

Hardware:
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 1800X
M/B: ASRock Fatal1ty X370 Professional Gaming
RAM: 32GB G.SKill F4-3200C14D-32GTZ TridentZ Series
GPU: 2GB GeForce GT 1030
GPU: 8GB Radeon RX 480 GDDR5 256bit PCI-E 3.0
SSD: 500GB Samsung 960 EVO NVMe M.2 PCI-E 3.0

[awokd]

On Thu, February 1, 2018 10:21 am, Willem D wrote:

> I found the report on Github:
> https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/2838 which describes the
> same issue as I have. I would like to debug the problem, but I require
> assistance with that.

To workaround the problem, try using Refind. To actually debug it, I think
Qubes is using a modified version of Fedora 25's installer. Does that one
work on your system? Not aware of any log files that get generated that
early (especially if it can't find a file system interface).

[Willem D]

I just tried Fedora 25 Live x86_64 (workstation), to my surprise it worked. I had to add "nomodeset" to boot parameter. It turns out the GeForce GT 1030 does not have modesetting support yet. I will remove that card in future Qubes tests.

Going to read up on Refind and leaving this here for reference: https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/uefi-troubleshooting/

[Yassine]

Hi Willem,

If you successfully installed in legacy mode by changing some kernel parameters you might want to check the following procedure: https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-doc/pull/512

Basically, you mound the EFI partition on your USB device and edit the Xen configuration. It worked for me.