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[Bobbie Sellers]

On 8/30/22 15:00, Rick Moen wrote:
> Quoting Bobbie Sellers (bliss-sf4ever at dslextreme.com):

	Rick thanks for your input on this matter.
	All responses are proof of interest.
> 
>>      Review: Qubes OS 4.1.1 and Alchg Linux
>> 	Qubes disappoints by the iso file being uninstallable.
> 
> Translation:  Jesse Smith had a mysterious problem of "installer refused
> to continue" after kernel module selection, and he never managed to
> achieve (or, to all appearances, even attempt) root-cause analysis.
> 
> Obvious guess:  Mr. Smith didn't have a driver loaded for a critical
> piece of hardware, and possibly the Qubes OS installation kernel didn't
> have that driver.  I don't love the Anaconda installer program (in
> Fedora, etc.), either, but among the -several- suspicious clues in the
> review is his bit about 'just how bad the notorious Anaconda installer
> is".  As mentioned, I don't love it, but it works well enough, and is
> "notorious" only in Mr. Smith's pointy little head.
> 
> Another giveaway is that Mr. Smith nowhere mentions having checked the
> other virtual consoles for diagnostics, strongly suggesting that he
> didn't think to do so.  (And yes, if you're new to installing *ixes on
> computers, you might never think to do that -- but the point is, this
> wsa a featured article for DistroWatch, and either he or editor Ladislav
> Bodnar ought to have caught that.
> 
> Qubes OS has somewhat limited hardware support for initial installation.
> That's why they have pages specifially documenting that.
> https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/system-requirements/   It may be that Mr.
> Smith got bitten by that, and, rather ignominiously, failed to
> understand what happened at all.  (Or, something else; he doesn't
> provide enough detail to say.)
> 
> What I do _not_ believe is the suggestion (e.g., above) that the ISO is
> "uninstallable".  I mean, c'mon, release distro ISOs get
> test-installed, prior to official release.
> 

	Bobbie