I agree, and I wrote above how I see it could happen. Also I agree and wrote this especially should be used in case of having one laptop per USB controller, as I like to say. But in my case, I can spare the controller to network devices only as I wrote, so very aware of possible consequences. But, have to practice for the future, because the next thing will be USB controller in the cloud, hahaha.
As I understand it, this is not related to the matter, and is actually the exact reason why whole Qubes defaults PVH and not PV and me using such a scenario described above.
So, I could say, that XSA is the reason why should I use it in a way above.
Edit: Ah, I see what you mean - the default. And the default is HVM for sys-net, right? And Iām making PVH of it hopefully to gain attack less trivial?
As a possible Qubes returner, I came about a good offer for a new laptop, for a Lenovo V15 Gen 2 ( AMD Ryzen 5 5500U). I was wondering whether this could be a good base to returning to Qubes. I have missed out several years of developments at Qubes, so all advice and feedback is welcome. At the same time I am trying to look up info but at first google did not give me clues about this laptop with Qubes. (also the Hardware Compatibility list is not containing any info on the V15 series)
Report:
Bought a P15 gen2 with 128GB ram; with a 512G + 2TB NVMe
Should have it by early December.
Unfortunately itās a vPro, will have some work to do here,
And an Intel WiFi card, will have to replace with non-intel (as itās part of the AMT)
And look into Coreboot, and a way to split /boot to SD card (which Iāve failed to achieve so far) and LUKS2 with Argon2id and some other tweak that I donāt need and probably wonāt do but like to pretend (lie to myself) that I will somehow magically manage to do
We are talking 64G to 128G ram here.
Your model is 16G max ā¦ you might want to look elsewhere for XEN
It has both a 2,5 hdd and a NVMe ā¦ you might want to fall back to a P53 which offer the same, but with up to 128G ram
AMD Ryzenā¢ 5000 Series Mobile Processors with Radeonā¢ Graphics push the Lenovo V15 Gen 2 (15" AMD) laptop through your to-do list. On top of that, up to 16GB memory and a hybrid combination of up to 512GB M.2 PCIe SSD and 2TB HDD storage allow for efficient multitasking, speedy data access, and plenty of storage.
Received my P15, and my upgrades ā¦
Installed 4x 32G RAM, kept the original 512G NVMe, added 2x 2T NVMe RAID0
The original 170w power brick is not enough
Qubes doesnāt install (error during pre-boot check up)
Iām sooooo disappointed ! Iāve spent all m savings in this material only for Qubes !
Iām gonna cry for a week and then cry some more
@Erica.vH
So sorry to hear about this.
Unfortunately these problems can come when you work at(beyond) the edge of what
Qubes supports.
This is why Qubes provides the HCL, to guide user purchases.
That said, the pace of development is quite fast, so it may be that in
short order, the problem you encountered will be resolved.
Can you give some more information here? What is the error?
Can you provide specs for your P15?
I never presume to speak for the Qubes team.
When I comment in the Forum or in the mailing lists I speak for myself.
Hi UnMan and Confused,
Thks for your posts, both.
The spec for the P15 are in my previous post.
I donāt blame Qubes, I blame the laptop !
When installing Qubes, it goes through material check up and then stops with a ctrl-D option at the end. Iāve tried to save the log, but LS gives me no otpion (no disk to save it to)
For now, Iām following this lead 4.1 Installation Trouble On ThinkPad P15, Gen. 2 but the normal bios update is giving me trouble, so Iām trying off-line ā¦ if it works
Cheers,
This thread is headed slightly out of primary scope, anyone @off-topic-moderators could help moving it all (the last 3-4 posts) to a thread on its own ? āSetting up Qubes on a P15 gen2 128GB ram 4TB NVMeā
Iāve updated the bios, and gave it another try, but to no avail, it crashes during pre-test
First, it holds for about 3min (first pix), then it flows tons of lines until giving me the D. (ctrl-D option on 2nd pix)
Hi @Renehoj,
Thks for your input.
As I am currently installing Suse, I see that the RAID is indeed not recognized, the installer only sees two 2TB NVMe as āemptyā.
But these 2 NVMe in RAID.0 should not prevent install as Iām targeting the small 512GB NVMe standalone (not part of the RAID)
Suse install = 1
Qubes install = 0
Iāve solved this part of the problem.
As all my network is wired, all m ThinkPads are set to Airplane mode.
But as I was poking around, I stumbled on the Airplane mode ā¦ for power !
I turned it off, and sure enough, the battery started charging !
Hi,
Iāve removed the RAID0, and started the instal with choice āBoot verbose and debugā (or something like that)
Here is where the install hang for 2min
not sure if the lack of EFI variable comes from my USB stick (Via Rufus) or the current disk (Where Win10 and Suse are installed)
Assuming right
Disabled VMD as well. Actually, pretty much every option in the bios are off.
Tomorrow I will remove RAM and remove NVMe 1 by 1 and keep trying.
I bought this machine only for Qubes, Iām not turning back !
