[1697080432697404316331034890082] So, I’ve recently tried installing QubesOS on my manjaro linux system. I wanted to replace my operating system for something more secure and more privacy oriented. We’ll, I ran into an issue upon booting the live USB image, when 1 go to the partition settings …

[image] Ian077: it is saying I only have 6.03MB free DESPITE the fact I literally have 476GB in my SSD available That’s because you have an existing manjaro install which has claimed the most space of your SSD. I think you’ll need to use “Custom” storage configuration, and proceed to deletin…

Hmmm, I see. Would you kindly walk me through it? I dont fully trust myself in custom configuring and Im not fully sure what Im doing in it either.

[image] Ian077: Would you kindly walk me through it? I’d love to, but I’m currently lacking access to an installation media and a laptop to confidently reproduce the steps for you. It’s better to wait another person to step in, then use personal messages for the detailed walk through. ( in or…

Ohh okay, I see. Well I appreciate your help none the less! Thank you.

Select Custom, press Done button, then on Manual partitioning screen remove all partitions with - button then press Click here to create them automatically for installer to create default partitions. You can find more info and images here: [image] [f36] Installing Using Anaconda Learn m…

If I did this, would it break my manjaro linux operating system and there would be no way to recover it?

Yes. If you want to keep your manjaro and install Qubes OS alongside it then you need to free up the space on your drive. For example, you can shrink the manjaro partition with gparted and install Qubes OS in this freed up space. You need to download and write gparted ISO on your USB and boot fro…

No I dont want manjaro anymore, but Im just nervous if something goes wrong during the installation then I have nothing to fall back on, thats why I asked that. But, it wont actually apply any changes until I click begin installation correct? And if there is an issue with automatically creating the…

Yes, as stated in the Fedora docs link: No changes to any disks will be made until you press Begin Installation in Installation Summary . The Reclaim Space dialog only marks partitions for resizing or deletion, but no such action is performed immediately. UPD: Also, you don’t have to press on Cu…

Okay, upon pressing “-” it says “nvme0n1p1 may be a system boot partition! Deleting it may break other operating systems. Are you sure you want to delete it?” And theres a box that I can check that says “delete all file systems which are only used by unknown” Should I check that box?

Troubles with installing QubesOS (not enough memory it claims)

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