Unable to install Qubes OS whilst trying multiple USBs, OS, other devices

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  • Ryzen 3700X
  • Radeon RX 5700xt
  • ROG STRIX B450-F
  • 16gb of RAM
  • 512gb NVME
  • Qubes 4.0.4

What I’ve attempted

  • Computer had Windows 10 installed on it.
  • Downloaded the .iso file from the website, checked the SHA-256.
  • Used Rufus to create the installer
    • Used MBR for Rufus to create the installer
    • Yes I used DD image mode
  • Turned off the computer, replaced with the new NVME drive with Pop!OS installed previously, performed a quick format to “clean” the drive.
    • Booted into BIOS and put the drive in the correct boot order
    • Made sure IOMMU was on
    • Made sure TPM was on
    • Made sure SVM was on
  • Booted the computer and popped open the installer to “Install Qubes”
  • I’m met with “Warning: dracut-initqueue timeout - starting timeout scripts”
  • Turned off the computer, used a second laptop to use Balena Etcher to create the installer.
  • Booted the computer and popped open the installer to “Install Qubes”
  • I’m met with “Warning: dracut-initqueue timeout - starting timeout scripts”
  • Installed Pop!OS on the new NVME drive.
    • Downloaded a new .iso whilst on linux
      • Checked the 256 of the file
    • Mounted the .iso
    • Used sudo dd if=/home/user/Documents/Qubes-R4.0.4-x86_64.iso of=/dev/sda status=progress bs=1048576 && sync
    • Installer is created
  • Turned off the computer, put USB back into the computer.
  • Booted the computer and popped open the installer to “Install Qubes”
  • I’m met with “Warning: dracut-initqueue timeout - starting timeout scripts”
  • Use a completely different USB stick that hasn’t been used for this before
  • Repeat the process
  • Met with same error.

I decided to VM the OS in Boxes (yes I know not to use it due to a different hyper-visor thing). It boots past the errors and gets to the install screen before stating VM hardware doesn’t have the proper software (obviously). I just used to it make sure the .iso was not corrupted as a double check.

Currently using Pop!OS as a holdout until I can figure what is going on.

Any help is appreciated.

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Hi @qYcp5l32zrxkGIbXeVqJ. Sorry to hear you’re having issues and nobody was able to help yet. Perhaps opening a thread about a specific issue you’re coming across with the associated error message will make more engage. You can also link to this thread for context. Best of luck!