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List:       qubes-devel
Subject:    Re: [qubes-devel] Running (or not) Xen during installation
From:       Trammell Hudson <hudson () trmm ! net>
Date:       2016-11-03 20:31:07
Message-ID: 20161103203107.GV12784 () chishio ! swcp ! com
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On Thu, Nov 03, 2016 at 02:26:28PM -0600, Trammell Hudson wrote:
> One other option is to use a minimal Linux image that can then kexec
> Xen/dom0/initrd without any of the UEFI limitations.  This also addresses
> the various interesting alternate installation techniques -- if Linux
> has a driver for the NIC/filesystem/etc it is possible to use it to
> fetch, verify and invoke the next stages.

Additionally, as axon pointed out:
> By far one of the most common problems new users encounter (as reported on
> Twitter, Reddit, and qubes-users) is getting a blank screen with a blinking
> cursor when they initially try to install Qubes.

Using a normal Linux kernel before jumping into Xen would allow
testing of the hardware prior to kexec'ing the hypervisor.

-- 
trammell

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