Hi. I bought a ThinkPad x230 specifically to try out Qubes, but ran into problems with the installation. It’s the same problems this and other users reported, but I can’t see a solution anywhere online.
So here’s what happens:
Everything goes smoothly up until the actual installation begins. Then this happens:
This issue is mentioned in the “Installation Troubleshooting” section of the Documentation, with this comment:
Some people have encountered this error message when trying to install Qubes on drives that already have data on them. The solution is to exit the installer, wipe all data or delete all partitions, then restart the Qubes installation.
This is not a solution, it doesn’t work. I booted the installer of another distro and used it to wipe the partition table to start the installation on an empty disk. It does nothing, still the same error.
Also:
- Yes, I tried flashing the ISO again
- Yes, I tried downloading it again from another source than flashing it
- Yes, I tried flashing it with another tool (Rufus and Etcher)
- Yes, I tried using different flashdrives
- Yes, I tried different USB ports
I don’t recall that error message.
Generally though, whatever order of events of doing it wrong, I did, At least three times. I doubt you want to take up the time to emulate what I did. Someone should be by, and know that error message.
I will type all the stuff I did, that I know works.
Curious though, "How much RAM do you have?
How long is your account name? Yeah including the space. You do not need to tell it to me. I tried four characters once, and some weird stuff ensued. get like six or seven characters. And perhaps that is not an issue anymore.
Is your BIOS/EFI set to legacy or UEFI?
I would guess you have thoroughly checked all the other BIOS/EFI settings. and I do not recall what error messages give by that.
Uh once, I had to change the BIOS settings of one of the options to off, and restarted computer. then on restarted computer. Then again. Finally that part of the BIOS started working as Qubes needed it. (and it makes no sense for the BIOS/EFI settings to behave like that.)
Don’t give up just yet. My way to getting Qubes installed is time consuming, but it works.
It’s most probably an issue with the installation media.
Try to create the installation media in Linux OS and test the media before installation in the Qubes OS installer to make sure that it’s not corrupted.
