How to install QUBES OS on external USB drive (Easy step by step guide)

[@KnowledgeSharingTech]

Looking for more tutorials like this? Subscribe to my channel, it really makes a difference: kzbin.info

[@jason-s8c]

It’s stuck on Qubes OS Setup Installing TemplateVM Debian-11 I wished you would have showed 1 more step. Skip the memory test thing on the black prompt during the installation in begging. If we don’t skip it, then it the system doesn’t continue it halts. Had to power reset my pc to restart it again.

[@TarastationLab]

Thank you so much. You're the best one. I will refer your video to everyone. I was having issue to install Qubes. I followed your video step by step and now I got it. Thanks again, Sir.

[@KnowledgeSharingTech]

Glad it helped

[@hash_rtg]

Bro, Does this still work on external media these days?

[@asdfasdf-yv4vt]

You have a very knowledgeable sounding voice.

[@MrDoGoOd1000]

sounds like a lebanese accent

[@PvMLad]

5:30 I can't get this installation screen to show up. When I boot from the usb it runs a whole bunch of lines of code really fast and then the whole screen goes black and nothing happens. What do I do?

[@KnowledgeSharingTech]

You may have an incompatible hardware like an NVIDIA GPU

[@aeroknoos9403]

Same to me

[@PvMLad]

@@KnowledgeSharingTech oh :( yes I have an nvidea GPU. Sad that it's incompatible

[@amti41]

Some help please … * Upon booting, I'm greeted with two error messages: Line 1: "Error: File '/boot/grub2/i386-pc/efi_gop.mod' not found." Line 2: "Error: File '/boot/grub2/i386-pc/efi_uga.mod' not found." * Despite the errors, the installation menu briefly appears less than a second after booting.The menu includes options such as "Install Qubes OS," "Test Media and Install Qubes," and troubleshooting options. * Upon selecting "Install Qubes OS," I encounter a black screen with a blinking white cursor (_). * I successfully installed Qubes OS on this same computer approximately one year ago without encountering such issues. Any suggestion ?

[@KnowledgeSharingTech]

Try to recreate the installation USB key, it might be corrupted

[@amti41]

Thank you for your response, @KnowledgeSharingTech. I appreciate your interest and assistance. Yesterday, I made several attempts to install the latest version 4.12 of Qubes OS using Rufus approximately four times and once with Balena Etcher. Unfortunately, none of these attempts were successful. However, in the evening, after multiple tries, the USB stick booted with Rufus and the installation process commenced. Upon logging into Qubes OS, I noticed that none of the pre-made qubes such as sys-net or Whonix were not available available. Instead, only Debian, Fedora, and dom0 were present. This was unexpected, as these pre-made qubes are typically included by default according to most documentation and online videos. I assumed there might have been an error during the installation process or that I missed a step which resulted in skipping these qubes. In an attempt to rectify this, I reinstalled Qubes OS. However, I encountered the same issue as before, receiving the error messages: Line 1: "Error: File '/boot/grub2/i386-pc/efi_gop.mod' not found." Line 2: "Error: File '/boot/grub2/i386-pc/efi_uga.mod' not found." I used the same USB stick that I attempted to install with last night.

[@sylversyrfer6894]

Super helpful!! Thank you!!

[@rudy_hxp]

Excellent... very nice explanation. Excellent excellent excellent excellent excellent.... KEEP IT UP...

[@KnowledgeSharingTech]

So nice of you

[@GucciTheGlacier]

Can you make a video how to install Whonix on Qubes that installed on a USB?

[@evil_clone4524]

Thank you very much, good work 👍

[@sakurazakikasumi2157]

can you do a experiment video? like installing windows within qubes then run a random malware that could destroy the os?

[@UruguayCampeon-qh9dp]

Hello . I tried installed . But stay paralyzed so slow installing

[@funnyjokesRomaleonkill]

Thanks you , man 👨

[@Valandovchanec]

Good installation guide

[@KnowledgeSharingTech]

Glad you liked it

[@davidebagnacani1812]

very clear , do you have any tutorial in order to have different OS in the same usb (for ex Tails , Ubuntu) including the boot menu . thanks in advance

[@KnowledgeSharingTech]

No, sorry but I have many other videos on how to install Tails, Kali or Windows 10 on a USB key. You can check this playlist for Linux: kzbin.info/aero/PL3qGVpWh7QbPix91pjKyD76EnW63VaYCx and this for Windows: kzbin.info/aero/PL3qGVpWh7QbNIBfc7BKaY2LT0d8QzVuGz

[@KnowledgeSharingTech]

I just made a video for booting multiple OS on one USB: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pHq9k5V4bparhNE You can watch it with this private link, it will be published publicly on march 22

[@abdousamadhydara]

Thanks a lots for your informative... I'm currently using Dell Laptop after installing all the drivers "the track pad" will not functioning...

[@MoneroMac]

I'm sorry if I missed it. Why do you need an ISO USB and an external drive to install the OS?

[@KnowledgeSharingTech]

For the installation to be clean, you boot on the installation drive

[@bogartwilley]

I tried installing this to my system, but it hung at something about "reached target basic system". Any ideas?

[@bogartwilley]

To be clear in using an nvme SSD on a Ryzen 5 3600 with 16gb RAM

[@edmarnt2]

Thanks for the information, I only have one question, the page of Qube OS tells you about certified hardware, I have installed it on different computers and it always tells me that this function is not supported, could you comment on this? Thanks

[@KnowledgeSharingTech]

Qubes need HW that is capable of virtualization, make sure you enable HW virtualization in your PC's BIOS

[@AwakeTheDream]

Hey, I've been trying to install Qubes OS on my Dell Latitude 7490 for a week now... nothing works... Once again the hard disk is not recognized where it was installed... Then it freezes... Then it doesn't load at all... I'm at the end... really... I can't go on.... Please help me... I'm breaking this sh***

[@C_Grosso]

One thing I’d like to add if you’re trying to boot your pc and you get a error while clicking on your usb you will have to turn secure boot off in your Bios

[@kalxi1724]

Hey yeah I'm having that error but have disabled secure boot and it persists

[@nunyabuisness1252]

So how long does installation take? After I test media and install it runs the code in top left and the big Q logo appears with the loading bar at the bottom. It moved to about a third of the way but seems stuck. Is it just really slow?

[@KnowledgeSharingTech]

It depends on the speed of the drive you're using and on the speed of the USB port

[@zaytun340]

Hi bro, when i trying to install, it stucks on "Creating ext4 on /dev/mapper/qubes_dom0-root" and i wait endlessly. Why? Maybe i was trying to install in a HDD instead a SSD?

[@KnowledgeSharingTech]

Maybe you have a hardware error on your external drive

[@zaytun340]

@@KnowledgeSharingTech In fact my external drive is quite old. So, it isn't a software error. Thanks!

[@aeryqc4315]

I have in ThinkPad x240 : qubes invalid argument: could not find capabilities for ostype=pvh arch=x86_64

[@KnowledgeSharingTech]

Try to enable virtualization in the BIOS of your PC. It is demonstrated here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/foOUmoF7h910a9E

[@TheLoKoProductions]

How does it run? Is it slow or overheating the drive?

[@KnowledgeSharingTech]

It depends on the USB drive you use. You should use something like the Sandisk Extreme Pro. It works fine on it

[@lightyagami1862]

How to reduce the brightness of qubes os? I've search all but no solution

[@sinofinance]

What desktop did you install to?

[@KnowledgeSharingTech]

I installed it in the USB drive

[@iphoneographypdx2851]

great video. are you able to install Qubes on an apple computer?

[@scottaye9999]

Nice, thanks

[@KnowledgeSharingTech]

No problem 👍

[@NomadEnigma]

Thanks man

[@KnowledgeSharingTech]

Welcome

[@lucaslopez3451]

I have a black screen after booting via USB, Does it take a long time for the installation image to appear?

[@KnowledgeSharingTech]

Not really, but maybe your HW is not compatible

[@MePipe82]

It looks like impossible to install latest Qubes 4.1.0 to QEMU/KVM. It does strange "freeze out" randomly during install. Sometimes i can not even reach the language selection screen. Sometimes i can pass it through but on the partitioning screen will be freeze the whole installation process. I was trying remove usb mouse and using laptop's built-in mousepad. Also was trying booting from CDROM and trying all available Hard Drive options. VirtIO USB IDE SATA SCSI. Also i was trying with larger sizes: first 40GB then 50GB 55GB and 60GB. Also i was re-downloading the .iso as might be corrupted for first attempt...No luck. I was installing R4.04-x86_64 but it was also not easy. Default partitioning does not work only if i did custom partitioning. But at least could install it. But latest version always failed.. Nested virtualization enabled but IMMOU error can not eliminate....Is that could causing this issue? Or What?

[@lightyagami1862]

How to reduce the brightness of qubes os .

[@francescosaverio1127]

Hi, is it possibile to install Qubes os on the same USB, suppose on 128GB usb, where the iso file is ?

[@KnowledgeSharingTech]

Hi, no

[@ml-gk7ev]

Hi, thanks for the video. I see you didn't create a root password during initial setup. Is that not required? Thank you

[@OuchP]

When i select to start from my USB stick my windows 10 HP pc tells me '' Selected boot image did not Authenticate''.Don't know what to do

[@KnowledgeSharingTech]

Disable secure boot in the BIOS

[@Shordge]

How do I boot back to windows when I’m done

[@KnowledgeSharingTech]

Just remove the USB drive and restart

[@Shordge]

@@KnowledgeSharingTech thank you very much!

[@NA-eb9xd]

Hey man I need help I keep getting "Failed to start HVM qube with PCI devices assigned-hardware does not support IOMMU/VT-d/AMDvi" How can I solve this? P.S : I have Intel virtualization technology enabled

[@KnowledgeSharingTech]

Hello, you also need to enable this setting: Intel Virtualization for Directed I/O (Intel VT-d)

[@Kokpes]

Nice video, explained well, but there is one thing that is not clear to me, ... they recommend a latest generation processor to run at the top as hardware, so I suppose an adequate MoB, of RAM as much as 16,32.64, 128 GB ?? how can it work well on a USB? A greeting!

[@KnowledgeSharingTech]

Thank you. This is why I am using an external USB SSD drive that is lightning fast

[@raymondpeterson5748]

Once I copied the iso over using Rufus, I could not get the drive recognized by my laptop using DD. I tried the 1st method but it never booted.

[@main1411]

secure boot > other OS and boot in legacy not UEFI so go in your bios and disable The Compatibility Support Module () and select drive that is non UEFI :)

[@EB-qb1qm]

When I reboot, it stays on the black screen. I need help to overcome this pls

[@KnowledgeSharingTech]

Not all HW is compatible with QUBES. Did you enable Virtualization in the BIOS?

[@billbundle6009]

Please show me how I can install Qubes OS onto Windows 10 Hyper-V.

[@rezadarvish8155]

would a 256 gb ssd usb be as fast as a 256 gb ssd external harddrive ?...

[@KnowledgeSharingTech]

It depends on the speed of the USB key. The Sandisk Extreme Pro would be very fast: amzn.to/3sr7wai

[@rezadarvish8155]

@@KnowledgeSharingTech it looks like I can get a 1tb external SSD drive that is a little over 1000 mb/s. Is this reasonable speed compared to an internal hard drive ?

[@lahcenechel1855]

Bro please i have a question. If i install it on external hard drive or usb can i use its full potential like installing Antivirus and apps and so on? And is it more vulnerable in external hard drive because the windows operating system on my laptop may be infected?.

[@KnowledgeSharingTech]

Yes for using it normally, no for being more vulnerable but, then again, it all depends on how you are using it

[@nullnoob]

I was say that if you are concerned greatly with system security you should just install Qubes as your main OS then run a Windows VM ontop of that. According to the official site supporting Qubes they do state that there OS could be vulnerable when used on a system with dual boot active (for example Windows alongside Qubes are both installed alongside each other)

[@selimcherif7500]

thanks bro

[@KnowledgeSharingTech]

Any time

[@redcenterau]

Awesome video. Helped me try out Qubes. Would love it if you could upload a video on how to uninstall Qubes OS. I'd like to use my SSD for work and that requires using Windows. Thank you.

[@KnowledgeSharingTech]

Just wipe the SSD like this, make sure before wiping it that you don't need the data that it is on it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/op_Xm4Och9eanpY

[@redcenterau]

@@KnowledgeSharingTech Brilliant! Thanks for sharing this info. 👍

[@lorryharbey]

can you install qubes onto a sd card?

[@Kostyan4ik51]

@@lorryharbey maybe

[@XRPgeneration]

Hi KST, can you help me out, please? This is a great video so I tried to follow the steps. I first disabled my secure boot, because the installation from my USB was stopped. I had to write my recovery key I had to get on the Microsoft website to get started again, just because I had disabled the secure boot. It said bitlocker was the cause so I disabled bitlocker in my boot admin Powershell. I tried to install from the installation-USB again, but again the installation was stopped. Can you help me out please?🙃

[@KnowledgeSharingTech]

Hi, did you disable Bitlocker completely? If yes, what is the message you are getting when the installation stops?

[@DerCheckerzeigts]

What happens when you pull of you external drive while qubes is running?

[@greentaco42]

likely shut it down may corrupt some files, test

[@rezadarvish8155]

what does rufus do

[@KnowledgeSharingTech]

It creates a bootable USB drive from an image

[@rezadarvish8155]

@@KnowledgeSharingTech ok thank you. Do you know if the qubes installation will change hardware other than my drive, such as compartmentalizing my ram space ? I want to be sure I don't lose operability

[@braddockbrawler]

thanks.

[@KnowledgeSharingTech]

Welcome!

[@CaptainChilakapati]

An unknown error has occured This program has encountered an unknown error. You may report the bug below or quit the program Report bug or quit Please help me

[@bmcyberawareness]

I cant proceed 😭😭😭

[@rootcanal7188]

Wow, Qubes doesn't work with Wifi, and even your computer with 16 GB of RAM struggled with it. I guess we should just stick with Tails and Whonix.

[@KnowledgeSharingTech]

I find that Whonix has the best balance between Security and Usability

[@rootcanal7188]

@@KnowledgeSharingTech Thanks very much.

[@bmcyberawareness]

WHY IS IT ALWAYS ON ERROR

[@ahmedadil5597]

its minimum requirment is 4 GB Ram, there it can be installed on 8GB Ram device

[@अब्बाजान]

Indian Minority and dalit activists must use this os to get rid of RW govt conspiracy.

[@quickclipsbysnoopy]

@@अब्बाजान wtf