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Can a usb stick be too big for tails?

i may buy a san disk ultra 256gb for tails os . maybe this seems like a dumb or not important question but i just wanted to ask it . thanks for answering

btw is the san disk ultra good for tails

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u/jsgoble2 — 20 hours ago
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usb for tails

does it matter what usb I get to boot tails? can it just be a random modern 8gb bought from many store? or are there any recommended ones worth buying that actually make a difference?

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u/zteik — 2 days ago
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Tails os wont boot

Hello im on a hp elitebook i got secure boot off i already flashed the usb drive and tried booting it using f9 and it wont boot i pressed the usb it just boots me back to windows 11 u have no idea what im doing wrong im new to this stuff

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u/Electronic-Visit-569 — 3 days ago
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thunderbird mail program disappeared

hey about a month ago after an update thunderbird mail was just uninstalled and i do not know how to fix it i tried to reset thunderbird in persistant storage but it will not work. i need help

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u/duskl89954 — 4 days ago
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New guy here in need of advice

Hey all, I just got Tails up and running via a USB on my personal computer. I would like to access the dark web, but of course take any precautions needed.

At the moment I simply just have Tails running on my PC via the usb it’s installed on. Am I safe to connect to my home wifi? Is there anything else I should be aware of?

Apologies if this is too much of a broad question.. cheers

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u/sodimiser — 5 days ago
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Need help please

My laptop won’t update tails anymore. So I’m curious of what is the cheapest laptop I can get to run tails and etc ?

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u/vegasandbacc — 6 days ago
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Booting Tails seems to be impossible

Every time I try to boot Tails from a USB I get a screen with this text:

>GNU GRUB version 2.12-9+deb13u2
Minimal BASH-like line editing is supported...

This seems to be a common issue but none of the solutions in other threads have helped. I've also tried:

  • Three different USB drives
  • Writing to the USB from two different computers
  • Writing to the USB from two different operating systems (Windows, Ubuntu)
  • Writing to the USB with two different programs (Rufus, balenaEtcher)
  • Booting the USB from two different computers
  • Using an older version (7.7 instead of 7.9)

Same result every time, even though it used to work with the same USB and computer. I'm at a loss. Any ideas? Am I dumb and missing something?

Update: the solution seems to have been to install it from my second computer through balenaEtcher. Now it works on both computers ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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u/LegitimateMango7610 — 10 days ago
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Transporting files from main pc to tails

so recently downloaded tails on a brand new usb stick (sandisk ultra 3.0) but im having issues transporting my keys ever since i installed tails onto it

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u/Historical-Bag-8156 — 9 days ago
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How do you use Tails with the newest Lenova X1 Carbon?

I’ve spent 6 hours trying to get this to work, it keeps getting stuck at a black screen.

My laptop specs

NB LENOVO X1 CARBON U7 355/32GB/1TB-SSD/14"2.8K/W11PRO-3y

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u/NoseNaive629 — 11 days ago
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Kleopatra is completely empty even while using persistent storage

Hi!
I’ve been using tails and kleopatra for a little bit on macOS and when I opened kleopatra today, all of my keys and certificates, including the default ones were gone. I was just using it yesterday with zero issues. I’m going to assume all of my previous keys are gone since I didn’t do a recent backup.
I am also getting a “permission denied” error message when I try to generate a new public key.
Please help!

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u/gnatrolyat — 12 days ago
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The Disc Image File is Corrupted.?

Got a 3 pack of 32GB USB Sticks and have tried three different comptuters now! Everytime i hit download it just says disc image file is corrupted! One time on one commputer it did download, but then would not verify!

VERY NEW TO TAILS! I know this is basic stuff im not dumb with computers though I did all the troubleshooting I could!!! I figured maybe its not up to date! Tried looking on github or somewhere else for a download link!

I got 3 32GB USBs. This shouldn't be that difficult. Is there some issue with 7.9?? Everytime i hit download it just says the files corrupt! off tails.net!

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u/Both_Class111 — 12 days ago