How to mount USB with ISO in Windows-Template

[martin.forum]

Hello,

I have successfully installed Qubes 3.2-rc3 (xfce yes) on a Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Carbon (4th edition / 2016). After the installing issue, I have setup a Win7 template by following the documentation. By the way - thank you for the documentation!

BUT - How can I mount an USB stick with an ISO-File in Win7 (to continue installing required software)?

If I have missed this answer in the documentation or my internet searchs, please point me towards the answer;-)

Thank you.

Martin

[grzegorz....@gmail.com]

attach the block device to a VM and then use qvm-start Win7VMName --drive=NameofVMHoldingUSBStick/path/to/stick

Alternatively create an iso out of it

[Jean-Philippe Ouellet]

And it works!? Please do share how! :)

I also have a brand new 4th gen x1 carbon and have spent the past week
struggling to get it to a usable state.

Do you have the horrible rainbow screen on resume?

What kernel are you running in dom0?

Was there some magic bios settings combination required to get R3.2 to
actually boot post install?

Are you on a sata ssd? or nvme?

What model exactly? Mine's a 20FB-CT01WW.

I've wasted so much time on this that I'm considering just returning
it. I really hate supporting lenovo since they seem hostile and/or
incompetent (the "lets ship the same root ca w/ private key on every
machine", the LSE bios-sideloading of vulnerable crap into windows,
now the dubious yoga raid thing, etc.), but their hardware is still
the best option I am aware of. I *want* to like librem, but since
their coreboot support is (so far) vaporware, I see no real difference
between them and lenovo except for lenovo having a
generation-more-recent cpus at a lower price. I support their claimed
ideology, but so far it seems like just marketing hype that remains
unrealized.

I'm still holding on hope that one day I might have a risc-v novena
running genode and actually be able to get my work done on it...
*sigh*

[martin.forum]

Am 25.09.2016 um 21:31 schrieb Jean-Philippe Ouellet <j...@vt.edu>:

And it works!? Please do share how! :)

Didn’t have time to test… but of course I will:-)

I also have a brand new 4th gen x1 carbon and have spent the past week
struggling to get it to a usable state.

Do you have the horrible rainbow screen on resume?

No - my problem was the installation and the restart when booting installer. I found the solution here: 

https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/uefi-troubleshooting/

After that everything was working. Well, at least so far. I will continue setting up the system next week...

What kernel are you running in dom0?

Standard kernel of 3.2rc3...

Was there some magic bios settings combination required to get R3.2 to
actually boot post install?

I have tried a couple of settings but can not say that one of these settings helped: 

youtube - Qubes OS (Partie 3) - Installer Qubes OS

Are you on a sata ssd? or name?

SSD

What model exactly? Mine's a 20FB-CT01WW.

20FB002LUS

I've wasted so much time on this that I'm considering just returning
it. I really hate supporting lenovo since they seem hostile and/or
incompetent (the "lets ship the same root ca w/ private key on every
machine", the LSE bios-sideloading of vulnerable crap into windows,
now the dubious yoga raid thing, etc.), but their hardware is still
the best option I am aware of. I *want* to like librem, but since
their coreboot support is (so far) vaporware, I see no real difference
between them and lenovo except for lenovo having a

and librem 17“ is not available right now...

generation-more-recent cpus at a lower price. I support their claimed
ideology, but so far it seems like just marketing hype that remains
unrealized.

I'm still holding on hope that one day I might have a risc-v novena
running genode and actually be able to get my work done on it...
*sigh*

I will continue using the X1C due to the lack of real alternatives (the X1C was recommended for qubes-use). 

BR Martin

[Jean-Philippe Ouellet]

On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 3:01 PM, martin.forum <martin...@web.de> wrote:
>
> https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/uefi-troubleshooting/

WOW! That was it... Thank you!

I had ignored that page (having come across it several times) because
the symptoms it describes did not match the behavior I was
experiencing, but it did indeed solve my issue! :D

I have submitted a pull request to add my symptom explicitly to that
page to hope to avoid someone else wasting time with the same problem
as me: https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-doc/pull/194

Sincerely,
A very happy (and feeling kinda dumb) user :)