problems with rc3 and rc4 of 4.2

[Kai]

Greetings,

I have a Lenovo thinkpad P15 gen2, currrently with Windows 11 installed.
I am trying to install Qubes 4.2 RC on it, using an Scandisk USB stick that has been prepared with the latest Ventoy 1.0.96 (https://www.ventoy.net/en/index.html).

With the RC3 iso, the boot process starts until it reaches the 16th line of feedback messages:
"[ OK ] Reached target Basic System"
there is no further output/rreaction beyond that line.

With rc4, regardless which of the four grub menu option i choose, i get the message:
"
error: shim.. lock protocl not found.
error: you need to load the kernel first
error: you need to load the kernel first [sic!]

Press any key to cotinue...
"

I hope that helps.
All the best and good luck
Kai

[Kai]

Sorry, the described problem came from secure boot no tbeing disabled (I thoiught i had read somewhere that this is not necessary in 4.2, bu ti most probably got this wrong).
Now, with secure boot disabled, i see considerable progress:

- when trying the last grub option with the latest kernel, i get a anaconda50 error in line19:
the error messages suggests that the inst.stage2 or inst.repo boot parameters are missing
- when trying just the second (default) option in the grub menu (test medium and start), i can access the GUI installation program. Here i see the following problems:
-- minor: all help options seem to be still empty
-- while i can select all needed options in th eleft column (keyboard, time zone, users/passwords), and i can choose the target partition as well,
selecting the source seems to be tricky. I see the name of the usb ISO: LABEL=QUBES-R4-2-0-RC4-X86-64 however, the check (German: überprüfen) button right to it seems to have no effect.
Also, when I leave that option by choosing the blue finished (german: fertig) button on the tope left, after a short checking again i see the triangle that there is something to be changed.
Also, the software selection below that option is not selectable but also has a triangle attached to it.
i was not able to solve these problems.

When I instead tried to install version 4.1.-2, i was able to run thru all the installation. the installation source medium was recognised instantly and i did not see any triangle (a problem must have been introduced here between 4.1-2 and 4.2-rc4).
However, as my target for my qubes installation was a 1TB WD Red external sata ssd drive, i expected to be able to boot into it by using the thinkpad F12 boot manager menu. indeed, after rebboting and pressing F12, i was able to select the ssd like always, but it had no eeffect, so i was not able to boot from that device.

I hope that helps.
As mentioned, I have a Lenovo thinkpad P12 2nd generation.

All the best
Kai   

[Kai]

ok, i found now a way to install 4.2-rc4:

While the automatic detection of th einstallation source, that used to work in 4.1-2 did not work,
the new option to install from an iso (one needs to first choose a drive, then find the directory where the iso is stored on that drive, finally select the iso)
did work, even from an nts drive, quite impressive!
after selecting the iso, i still needed to install the software. i am a bit puzzled: there is no choice, only one option, but i had to confirm it anyway.
after then choosing my target drive, the installaiton ran without problems, like with version 4.1-2

Again, at the end the boot from the external ss that i had selected as installation target did not work with the F12 bootmenu from the lebovo thinkpad p15,
however. i checked that this also does not work with other linix installations, so it is no error from qubes but a limitation in the bios of the p15 i guess.
Thank you for listening.

all the best
Kai