System Info
Device: DELL XPS 15 9530
GPU: RTX 4070
CPU: Intel I9
RAM: 32G
BIOS: Latest Update
Would Like Help installing Latest Stable Version of Qubes onto my Laptop as the Main OS. System is a Fully Reset please walkthrough main issue is Stuck in Black Boot Screen
Can you share how far you get? – with the description “Stuck in Black Boot Screen”, it’s tempting to reply something along the lines of “is the machine/power on?”
One thing that could give more debug, is to edit the GRUB menu and remove the quiet from the kernel line … and maybe test with both the default kernel and the kernel latest.
[Edit: I don’t have the same hardware, so I can’t test myself … :-/]
Yes - if the BIOS has a “RAID: On” somewhere, then it’s worth to try and change it to “Off” and see if it affects the possibility to install Qubes OS on the machine.
You should figure out if your laptop just doesn’t support qubes or if the kernel issue is the cause. If it is the latter then installing with 4.2.2 iso will allow you to install
Depending on your tech knowledge, you can edit grub options to troubleshoot
To fix, please install 4.2.0-RC4 then perform a full upgrade and on reset make sure that you have set it to use the latest kernel installed.
Another way is to install 4.2.0-RC4 and make sure that the latest kernel is installed, 6.6.68-1
After that, feel free to do a full install of the latest Qubes.
Do not format /boot partition though. When you boot up into the latest version edit the command line and check the kernel it’s using. If it’s the earlier version, update the command to use that kernel and init script and all, then execute to start the system.
After that, edit the grub config and set it to use that kernel always.
This resolves the issue. (At least it worked for me when I was looking for methodology to use)
Device Info:
DELL XPS 15 9530
CPU: Intel 19-13900H
GPU: Intel Iris Xe
dGPU: NVIVIA GeForce RTX 4070
RAM: 32G x64 bit
Current OS: Windows 11 Pro
Greeting I hope someone can create a working detailed step by step Installation Guide of Qubes OS for the following device that is shown above. This is a Laptop that has been reset so nothing is on it beside the Basic Stuff that comes with it. I can’t disable the dGPU.