Install Pop-OS in a standalone HVM

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This guide is for creating a Pop-OS standalone HVM.

Pop!_OS in an HVM

Pop!_OS comes with the Cosmic desktop environment.

Preliminary remarks

In Qubes-OS, installing an OS from an ISO in a standalone HVM is a basic operation (see the related Qubes-OS documentation : standalones and HVM). However this guide could help new Qubes-OS users to do their first standalone.

A standalone HVM is NOT an app qube nor a template, please read the Qubes-OS documentation.

Links: - Qubes-OS : Install an OS in an HVM works with a Linux, a *BSD, a Hurd, ... - System76 : Install Pop!_OS - System76 : Cosmic desktop environment

ISO

Download the ISO from Pop!_OS download in a app qube or a disposable. Here the iso file is pop-os_22.04_amd64_intel_43.iso and the app qube is storager.

Create the standalone

In a dom0 terminal, create the hvm-pop-2204 HVM with the command :

qvm-create --class StandaloneVM  --label red --property kernel='' --property virt_mode=HVM --property memory=4000 --property maxmem=8000 hvm-pop-2204

Then in Qubes Manager, change the hvm-pop-2204 settings: - RAM, verify min:4GB, max: 8GB - private storage : 4GB - system storage : 20GB

Boot the HVM with the ISO

In a dom0 terminal, start the hvm-pop-2204 HVM with the downloaded ISO :

qvm-start hvm-pop-2204 --cdrom=storager:/home/user/store/pop-os_22.04_amd64_intel_43.iso

ℹ️ Update the --cdrom path to your app qubes / disposable. Example: --cdrom=disp1234:/tmp/pop-os_22.04_amd64_intel_43.iso

The HVM boots and the Pop!_OS installer displayed.

Pop-OS install steps

For more details, see the official Pop!_OS install guide.

• Select a Language : \<your language>
• Keyboard Layout : \<your keyboard layout>
• Install : clean install
• Select a drive : Xen xvda (20GB)
• Create User Account : \<your username> / \<your password>
• Drive Encryption : Don't Encrypt (Qubes-OS volume is already encrypted)
• Continue Setting Up : Restart Device

In Qubes-OS context, Restart Device stops the HVM, without restarting it, so you should start hvm-pop-2204 (Qubes Manager / hvm-pop-2204 / start).

After First boot

Settings: - Network / IP setting - dom0 run: qvm-ls -n hvm-pop-2204 to get HVM IPv4 setting - Pop!_OS Settings / Network / Wired / setting icon - IPv4 tab / IPv4 Method : Manual / fill IP / mask 255.0.0.0 / gw - DNS : 10.139.1.1, 10.139.1.2 - Apply

ℹ️ DNS setting failed, in fact resolvectl status doesn't show the DNS IPs, so in a Pop!_OS terminal, run resolvectl dns eth0 10.139.1.1 10.139.1.2