Some success!
I managed to successfully install a functioning Qubes OS 4.1.2.
However when I update dom0, I boot to a black screen.
Use the following steps to install Qubes OS 4.1.2 on your system if you’ve had as
many problems as I had.
1.0 Format the disk where you will install Qubes OS with
1.1 Find the correct disk with: lsbkl -p
1.2 Do not use gparted to format the disk, format the disk with mkfs.ext4 /dev/sd[your disk]
, dev/sd[your disk] as in; /sda
, /sdb
, /sdc
, /sdd
, …
2. Download Qubes OS 4.1.2
3. Use a USB 2.0 if available
4.1 Use the command line to format the USB!
4.2 Do not use gparted for formating the USB!
4.3 Find the correct USB with: lsbkl -p
4.4. mkfs.ext4 /dev/sd[your USB]
, dev/sd[your USB] as in; /sda
, /sdb
, /sdc
, /sdd
, …
4.5 “Burn” the Qubes OS ISO to the USB with:
sudo dd if=Qubes-R4.1.2-x86_64.iso of=/dev/sdb status=progress bs=1048576 conv=fsync
5. Reboot, “find your boot menu (F8)”, select the (UEFI: your USB)
6.1 Highlight Install Qubes OS R4.1.2 using kernel-latest
6.2 Press e
to edit the commands before booting.
6.3 At the end of the line that starts with:
multiboot2 /images/pxeboot/xen.gz
add:
dom0_max_vcpus=16
[single space] dom0_vcpus_pin
6.4 Press F10
or Ctrl + X
to boot.
7. Install with the default settings!
EDIT #2
This is what’s happening now after updating dom0. I am booting to a black screen no matter
what I select from the following
Regardless of which I select, I get the following:
I cannot boot to:
Rescue a Qube OS system! & the disk where I installed Qubes OS
is encrypted!
Could this be the right solution:
https://forum.qubes-os.org/t/building-qubes-iso/11402/25
Qubes 4.2.0
Tried a lot of combinations when booting. Booting without editing the commands before
booting results in a black screen.
The rest is either:
Install Qubes OS
Test media
Troubleshooting
dom0_max_vcpus=1
did not enter dom0_max_vcpus=1
xen hypervisor allocated kernel memory conflicts with E820
(XEN) Hardware Dom0 halted: halting machine
or
Install Qubes OS - Latest kernel:
dom0_max_vcpus=1
did not enter dom0_max_vcpus=1
(XEN) Freed 644kB init memory
about to get started…
(XEN) Hardware Dom0 halted: halting machine
I’ll see what I find on github before reporting!
EDIT
Issue submitted:
https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/8791