Hi, Following up on my previous post: I've documented the Qubes boot process to the best of my knowledge in QUBES-BOOTUP.svg @ https://github.com/rshetye/good-karma/
It took some time to document and organize everything. Thanks, Ranjeet On Wednesday, February 10, 2021 at 12:51:56 PM UTC-6 Ranjeet Shetye wrote: > > Hi, > > I got my system up and running. > > It was a problem with the efi boot details. I had installed the latest > kernel (not manually) and that install process somehow messed up the efi > boot as it existed. After boot was broken, the console would show what it > was going to boot but the xen never loaded. Now it does. > > Thank you donoban, Bernhard, and Jinoh for the right pointers. > > I have made a list of steps that helped me gauge the situation. I will > post it within a few hours. > > Regards, > Ranjeet > > On Wed, Feb 10, 2021, 8:21 AM Jinoh Kang <[email protected]> wrote: > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA256 >> >> On 2/10/21 3:05 AM, Ranjeet Shetye wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > Is there a standard HOWTO I can follow to fix the boot process (to go >> from a grub / xen.cfg that fails to LUKS decrypt and load unencrypted >> rootfs) >> > >> > I am reasonably knowledgeable about Linux. Gaps exist in my knowledge >> regarding BIOS and UEFI boot processes. >> > >> > Unfortunately the grub update for the kernel upgrade seems to have >> messed up the boot process. How do I figure out if it's installed for BIOS >> or UEFI mode ? >> > >> > My data is safe and LUKS encrypted . I can use a live USB to decrypt >> it, access it and I also have made 2 backup copies. >> > >> > So with nothing to lose I tried to fix the boot manually from a live >> USB including creating /etc/default/grub but situation is no better. >> > >> > Between BIOS / (UEFI) / grub2 / xen / vmlinuz / LUKS / LVM2 , I am lost >> where the fix might be. Might be grub flags, grub modules, grub defaults, >> xen cfg, EFI manager etc. Hence my question. >> > >> > Thanks, >> > Ranjeet >> >> Also note that Qubes R4.0 on UEFI does not boot via GRUB -- it boots >> directly via \EFI\qubes\xen.efi. >> >> - -- >> Sincerely, >> Jinoh Kang >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >> >> iQJMBAEBCAA2FiEEzGktrvc/U3kFXd9AGlqQRGyEq/UFAmAj67YYHGppbm9oLmth >> bmcua3JAZ21haWwuY29tAAoJEBpakERshKv1oLIP/jjFOQkzyYlMxZWAicelCeiS >> g3k/f8Gg6L7yBEQhXdBSiFVHKz5V35VUcseLk8gqrxxrAuzSuJwRwzno/f/DR7Jk >> 9IIc6LuQNrFjSMt327wqGsXvt7i/AObT8mUHiuKI8CTZOmX5kA1COk5jE5psCWks >> pG4ahB/chbUUS6rgx0JfgitKJopHCN9MXIc+xaJJatoLeJH89rJC/Lu8hSLjYwXx >> /TQIY4MJdM/HHP2dtye/ZbR6NT7kR/f985vqreN2D+83pCjSzqUu1aZt10oh92in >> 4qxel9DkLg0plnwi2AFgLZfHNXmTkR13eoc9awW+L7nZvhZbPKZ3Kt0X/QfWNFK+ >> ThHZzLsWG+BNDU70fWkDJ137GhggfxChANLjX8ltRSgPh7ApIofYfOaoAUqXBz4j >> QF8rYp+xhR5aMIGiXVBYeThHva8P6Zy/JwMq/Bo5hl52FAUwUGl5920+t/W66iTC >> eL3UyRsO9akD5ovbEkCdhkBISy9KDsE5KkI7cKa+ccl08yyTjbLpfZ1etYbIKRSQ >> OOtE0csiByZjS7sUtmgHcbGYRXMLbJ4xQMOptjNrndcY2JM3Di4q+JX/UwAhLO52 >> VYB3zHYBnKDJai5iPFARzoCG86otjlU9/gGbx/4JjKC+SjZ1XI7gZYdfFvF+ZRBf >> OCGR9pkKQunhiNhLJ8OT >> =pSYS >> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/142aed7a-dd7d-4fbc-bd72-4183b1f0e38fn%40googlegroups.com.
