Help installing Qubes on 13" Macbook Pro 2012 (non-Retina)
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I'm attempting to install this wonderful OS on my 2012 non-Retina Macbook Pro 13". Unfortunately I can't find any entry for this machine on the HCL or in the Mac troubleshooting tips on the Qubes site. I've also searched Github, reddit and this Google Group for help, but to no avail.
I've also tried to piece together advice from the Google Group and the Mac troubleshooting tips for Macbook Airs of a similar age and have got this far:
- Qubes 3.2 on a USB2.0 drive (not USB3.0)
- Booting from rEFInd first
When I boot from rEFInd and choose "Boot EFI\BOOT\xen.efi from ANACONDA" I get the four penguins and "efi: EFI_MEMMAP is not enabled" and "esrt: ESRT header is not in the memory map". Because the solutions for these problems require changing a lot of EFI options that Mac users don't have access to, I've decided BIOS booting is the way forward.
Again from rEFInd, when I choose "Boot Fallback boot loader from ANACONDA" I get the screen where one can choose to boot, check the media and boot or rescue a system. If I choose any of these the screen flashes and I'm dumped back at the same screen. This is also what I get without rEFInd
Last option from rEFInd - when I choose "Boot Legacy OS from whole disk Volume" I get what looks to be a typical GRUB boot screen (in blue, with the Qubes logo). "Install Qubes R3.2", "Test this media and install Qubes R3.2" and "Troubleshooting -> Install Qubes R3.2 in basic graphics mode" all result in exactly the same thing:
Loading xen.gz... ok Loading vmlinuz... ok Loading initrd.img... ok
And then nothing more. The cursor sits and blinks at me. Booting without 'quiet' as a command line argument also doesn't give further details.
Does anybody have any ideas or is there something I have overlooked?
This machine is more than capable of running Qubes (dual SSDs and 16GB of RAM). I'd hate to have to get a new machine just for running Qubes.
Any help or ideas hugely appreciated.
thanks!