Questions tagged [tails]
TAILS (The Amnesic Incognito Live System) is a Debian-based Linux distribution focused on maximizing privacy and anonymity online. It is intended to be run "live" from a flash drive or disc. All internet traffic is routed through the Tor network and no traces of your activities are stored on the local machine.
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Luks encryption not removing from Pendrive
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When I try to install qubes Os to pWhen I try to install qubes Os to pendrive (SanDisk 64gb 3.2 gen 1) for live format while installing suddenly stopped and pendrive ...
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Save Key Pair - From Terminal - Not To Persistent Storage - Tails
So . . . I am not using the persistent storage since it defeats the whole point of Tails. I am trying to save my PGP key pair to a secondary thumb drive (not the one tails is on) to be able to either ...
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VirtualBox cannot find validated exisiting .iso file [closed]
I'm trying to run TAILS on VirtualBox and it doesn't find a valid iso file although it exists.
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Screen artifacts and keyboard not working with Tails on Lenovo yoga laptop
Laptop - Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Pro
I am experiencing this grey dead screen at that same height every time. Screen returns to normal if I don't move the mouse (touchpad) for some time. When I use the ...
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Cloudflare infinte loop (Checking if the site connection is secure)
What can I do to fix the CloudFlare "Checking if the site connection is secure" infinite loop?
I'm tying to load a website. The very first GET gets sent to an interstitial page run by ...
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How to create a PXEboot for tails OS?
I have a PC that can only boot from DD or network. It is standard bios (not UEFI).
I have managed to set-up a PXE boot infrastructure and I've been able to install different Debian based OS on the PC.
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Tails VM Runs extremly slow and devours my RAM
I've had tails downloaded for a while as VM (I have Windows 11 and VirtualBox) and it's always ran good until one day it became extremely slow and absolutely devours my RAM. So I gave it more power ...
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Why does fsck.vfat throw “Contains a free cluster (8). Assuming EOF.”?
I am experiencing a strange edge case where mounted VeraCrypt volume mounts and becomes read-only on Tails.
Running fsck.vfat reveals cluster error with a folder called “Monero”.
Trying to debug error…...
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Can't open contents of internal laptop HDD via enclosure and I tried to format it using Tails OS but failed
I bought a new hard disk enclosure today for my internal drive. I connected it to my laptop using the connection, and everything was working fine. I was able to access all the files stored in it, but ...
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How can I install pip package persistently on Tails?
I installed pip3 using following:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y python3-pip
When I run pip3 install --user passphraseme, package is not installed persistently.
How can I install pip package ...
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Using Tails, having nothing to hide
I just want to share my experience and ask some questions about this brilliant piece of software.
[skip this part and go to questions, I just cheering here]
Despite that even the official tutorial of '...
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Triple boot Ubuntu, Kali and Tails from USB with persistent home directories
I would like to have a USB flash drive from which I can boot live systems of Ubuntu, Kali Linux and Tails OS with all of them having a persistent part, where I can save settings and files to. If it is ...
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How can I get Tails to boot? (I've tried everything!)
First I got the .img file and copied it onto a USB stick using the dd method as described on the website. It wouldn't boot.
Next I got the .iso file and copied it the same way. It still wouldn't boot.
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How to access external HDD from tails OS?
I am booting to tails OS using a flash drive of sandisk 32 GB. When it is powered on, I connected one more external HDD of 500 GB to the machine. But it is not showing. How to access and also how to ...
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Can we Install Tails & Linux on same pen drive?
i got 32GB pen drive which i wanna use for Linux & tails by partitioning,can i make partitions in it and run both from same pen drive,I'm using windows 8.1.
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Tails on live USB flash drive freezes
I'm testing Tails 4.6 on a Terra USThree 32 GB USB 3.0 flash drive. The host system is an IBM ThinkPad R60 with 3 GB RAM.
When loading multiple script-heavy websites on the bundled Tor browser or ...
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Cannot normally boot Tails from USB on Clevo N857EK1
I cant normally boot Tails on my laptop.It start freezing when I press button Start (See photo) or when choosing Wi-Fi. Please see my Bios setting.I try with different settings but it doesnt help.Also ...
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Failed MacbookAir boot Linux (Tails) - Kernel panic on boot
I’ve an error with my MacBook Air (Retina, 13-inch, 2018), version 10.15.1
Boot ROM version : 1037.40.124.0.0 (iBridge: 17.16.11081.0.0,0)
I try to boot on Tails by a USB key and Apple adaptator ...
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Excessive heat from laptop when running Tails (Linux), but not Windows
I recently got a laptop with a 4 core (8 thread) Intel i7 CPU, running Windows. Unless I'm really pushing it, it doesn't heat up very much. However when I installed Linux it began to heat up ...
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How to install guest additions on Tails?
I'm running tails on virtualbox and for the life of me i really cant install guest additions. I keep getting Could not mount the media/drive 'C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VBoxGuestAdditions.iso' ...
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Howto fix outdated backport repository in tails?
i have basically the same problem as Tails additional software unmet dependencies , but cant comment right now.
I am running tails 3.12, live version, and adding additional software is not working ...
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VirtualBox + Tails ... types of Linux
I want to use Tails (version 3.7) on VirtualBox (version 5.2.12)
And there are a lot of types of Linux you can choose:
Linux x32
Linux x64
Fedora x32
Fedora x64
Ubuntu x32
Ubuntu x64
Debian x32
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TAILS Virtual Machine Blank Screen On Boot
I've recently downloaded a copy of the TAILS 3.1 64-bit ISO image, burned it onto a disc and created a virtual machine through Oracle. At first glance, the virtual machine is running normally. The ...
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Failed to load ldlinux.c32
I have installed Linux Tails on my USB and I've been using it just fine until I upgraded it to new version. After I restarted my PC I got error:
SYSLINUX 6.03 EDD 20150820 Copyright (C) 1994-2014 H....
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Custom-sized persistence storage for Tails on USB flash drive
I've been trying out tails on a USB flash drive. By default, when I create the persistence storage, it fills up the entire remaining space of the flash drive. This basically makes the flash drive ...
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Access old Windows files from Tails
I just installed Tails, but I can't seem to access my old Windows files. I'm prompted for the Windows admin password, but even when I enter the correct one it says it can't do it.
My gut feeling is ...
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How do I permanently uninstall a virtual CD-Drive containing Tails?
So for a class assignment we had to install tails on our computer. It seems I've went some round about way and managed to install it as a virtual-cd drive.
Only thing is I can't remove it. I've tried ...
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Boot from live Tails SD card on Mac OSX El Capitan
Goal: Boot into Tails from an SD card on a Macbook Air running El Capitan.
Specs: Macbook Air, 8Gb RAM, i5, Running OSX 10.11 "El Capitan".
Solutions tried and problems with each:
Follow Tails ...
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Tails Installer fails with insufficient space error on a 64GB usb
I am trying to create a Tails Live USB via the Tails Installer on a 64GB usb key. I can successfully run Tails from a temporary USB key, but I run into trouble on the last step of Tails Installer >...
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Getting Exception: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused when running Minecraft.jar on TAILS linux
I am running Tails from an USB stick (because hard drive is broken) and when I try to run Minecraft I keep getting the same error. Should I specify any parameter when calling Java? How do I solve this?...
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Is it possible to install Tails OS on a hard disk drive and how?
I have an old laptop to spare and would like to know if it is possible to install Tails OS on a hard disk drive and how?
I know it is meant to be a live system but I would like to have something ...
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Boot USB Tails through VirtualBox?
So I have Tails 1.2 on my USB (Disk 5) and also on a partition (2) on an external hard drive (Disk 4). The USB shows up as 3.75GB and the partition is 6GB. I want to be able to boot either Disk 4 or ...
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Booting Linux off a SD Card
I have a work tablet/laptop that is currently running win8.1
i am interested in running Tails on this machine,how would i go about doing so ?
how large should the sd Card be,since tails is 1gb,would a ...
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Directory Not Found Error
I am trying to verify tails and when I get to the command prompt portion of the verification some difficulties seem to have arose. Below is the script:
noob@noob-System-Product-Name:~$ cd [/media/...
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Which version of OpenOffice does TAILS have?
I can't find this information anywhere. TAILS is based on DEBIAN which at some point switched from OpenOffice to LibreOffice. How do I know before I download 0.23 or 1.0rc1 on my slow connection ...
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Tails "clone" LiveUSB wont boot
I'll try to be as clear as possible.
I did install Tails to a USB, then I cloned it over another USB and thats where the problems started.
The "clone tails usb" won't start in my laptop. I did try ...
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Configuring persistent storage on Tails linux
When using tails linux, I am having difficult configuring persistent storage. I run a VMWare VM, and boot off the tails iso, and I have a vmdk configured as attached to the machine. The vmdk volume is ...