"We trust you have received the usual lecture from the local System Administrator. It usually boils down to these three things:

#1) Respect the privacy of others. #2) Think before you type. #3) With great power comes great responsibility. Password: "

It doesn't let me enter anything into terminal anymore. I'm doing this on a Mac. Did anyone encounter this message?

-- AlexiaBedat - 25 Apr 2016

Finished. If people are having trouble, it is possible to do this from one of the law school computers (one of my USB ports wasn't working so that's how I installed Tails on the second flashdrive).

-- JakeLewis - 26 Apr 2016

Finished.

-- AlanWong - 26 Apr 2016

Jake, did you do the whole thing on a law school computer? I.e copy from law school computer to USB and then to your personal one?

-- AlexiaBedat - 26 Apr 2016

No, started from my laptop (Windows) and downloaded Tails to the first (intermediate) flashdrive. Then plugged in both intermediate and final flashdrive to a separate computer (also Windows) in the law school library, booted up Tails via the intermediate flashdrive, and cloned it to the second flashdrive. Then plugged the second flashdrive into my laptop, booted Tails, and ran TOR.

You could probably do the whole thing on one of the law school computers though.

-- JakeLewis - 27 Apr 2016

Finished

-- KarmanLucero - 27 Apr 2016

Finished. I had trouble with default USB installer for making the intermediate tails flashdrive (to boot off a USB in Windows). I got better results with Rufus. This link does a good job explainig the install with Rufus: https://www.reddit.com/r/tails/comments/3t1xjc/no_configuration_file_found/

-- SolomonRotstein - 27 Apr 2016

Thanks Jake, that was really helpful! I was able to install Tails on the second USB and boot up Tails on my laptop (Mac) but then I can't connect to any network to submit my proof. TOR opens but doesn't find a connection. Will ask Eben in class/office hours.

-- AlexiaBedat - 27 Apr 2016

Try clicking one of the headings in the top right and search for a wifi network through those settings. It didn't connect automatically for me at first but once I manually selected a network it worked fine

-- JakeLewis - 27 Apr 2016

Finished

-- DanielShiner - 28 Apr 2016

Finished. My Macbook Air's wireless card doesn't speak to Linux drivers, so I popped in a dongle instead. Works like a charm.

-- GreggBadichek - 04 May 2016

AlexiaBedat? - what did you end up doing to get around the password request when you used sudo? I am now confronting this problem. Did you have to add yourself as a root user? Also did anyone do this on debian? I didn't know only some usbs were compatible and wondered if there is not some way around this... I've given up and am trying it on my mac instead #tailswoes

-- LizzieOShea - 05 May 2016

I ended up following Jake's advice. I installed on the USB using one of the Windows computers at the Law School. But now when I boot tails on my MAC laptop, it doesn't pick up on the wifi, both at school and at home .Even tried typing the "rfkill list" command but don't get a wifi showing up (according to the Tails website that's one way to do it). Until I find a nonwifi connection I'm stuck! Sorry can't help more.

-- AlexiaBedat - 05 May 2016

Alexia--what kind of Mac are you using? It could very well be that you are running into the same problem I was running into, which is that the wifi cards on some Macs simply will not speak to Linux drivers. To get around this, I just plugged in a usb wifi dongle to do the card's work, and then there were no wifi problems. If you have no option to connect to any wifi, whatsoever--as in, you do not even see a wireless network option when you check your status/utilities--then I think it's likely this is the problem you are having, as it means TAILS simply doesn't see any wifi hardware installed.

-- GreggBadichek - 06 May 2016

Finished. Ran into some of the problems discussed above (thanks for the suggestions). Also Firefox would stop connecting to tails.boum.org once I downloaded the add-on from my Columbia apt. connection but it finally worked on a different connection.

-- ChristopheWassaf - 11 May 2016

Finished. (I think?)

-- TimothyKim - 11 May 2016

I'm clearly the most useless person, because I am now having trouble configuring the interim tails. What happens is that I try to install tails on the second usb and it says there is insufficient disk space, which I know is not right, because I have tried it on two new usbs (4GB and 8GB). Again, did anyone else encounter this problem? Or am I just monumentally stupid/unlucky? I don't know if this is a configuration problem with the usb but I don't think it should be.

-- LizzieOShea - 12 May 2016

Finished (I think?)

-- MalcolmEvans - 02 Jun 2016

Finished

-- StephanieKato - 28 Mar 2017

Finished

-- EthanThomas - 29 Mar 2017

Finished

I could not get it working on Mac (2015 MacBook Pro) until I installed rEFInd and made interim tails using Rufus under Windows 10.

-- AndrewWatiker - 29 Mar 2017

Finished

-- ShayaAfshar - 29 Mar 2017

Finished

-- OrBelkin - 06 Apr 2017

Finished

-- AmandaFerber - 09 Apr 2017

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-- LeonHuang - 09 Apr 2017

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-- ErensuAltan - 10 Apr 2017

Finished

-- HyunKyungLee - 16 Apr 2017

An update for anyone who has Tails lock up at a blue screen when logging in: took me a long time to run it on my own computer but I finally found a workaround. If you have an nvidea graphics card, this seems to be a common cause of the problem.

On the first screen you see, hit Tab to edit the startup options. The following changes worked for me: 1) Change "splash" to "nosplash" 2) Remove "quiet" 3) Type "nouveau.modeset=0" at the end

Hope these help someone else as well.

-- EthanThomas - 17 Apr 2017

Finished

-- SunghyeOh - 18 Apr 2017

Proof

-- JessicaCorey - 01 May 2017

Finished

-- TikRoot - 03 May 2017

Finished (Also my screen keeps flashing, something in rendering the Tails desktop is unstable like when you have a TV picking up other signals and colors)

-- DanielleTomson - 04 May 2017

Proof

-- JulianWilliams - 05 May 2017

Proof

-- JulianWilliams - 05 May 2017

Proof

-- JulianWilliams - 05 May 2017

It was touch and go there for a moment (graphics card issues) but all set and using TOR on Tails!

-- ChristopherPistritto - 05 May 2017

Finished. Intermediate tails would not boot on my Mac (even with rEFInd) so I used a law school computer to clone the second USB. Final Tails booted without any issue.

-- TracyRizk - 07 May 2017

Finished!

-- CorinneShim - 12 May 2017

Finished!

-- AudreyAmsellem - 14 May 2017

I was unable to log in here using TOR. Could only log in here using "unsafe browser" in Tails.

-- ZheYang - 13 Apr 2018

Finished

-- SeanTan - 19 Apr 2018

I was unable to install to USB from OSX, but once I cloned a copy from Moglen I could boot it on my 2015 Macbook Pro. However, using the automated updated broke the booter; I got a black screen after updating.

Fortunately, I cloned the older version to a new USB each time before updating, so I was able to confirm that the older version still works.

-- TrippOdom? - 19 Apr 2018

Finished. I hit some roadblocks on a 2016 macbook, but the TailsOsx page posted by AlexanderGerten? was very helpful (basically: disable SIP, then install rEFInd if you can't get Tails to boot on your mac). I also had to follow the advice posted by TracyRizk? (if you can't get intermediary Tails to boot on your mac, try using a law school PC: press F2 when the PC is turning on, then change the boot sequence so the PC boots from the USB, then clone final Tails). I was then able to boot final Tails on my mac using rEFInd.

-- AndrewBrickfield - 25 Apr 2018

I'm trying on a Lenovo and can't get it to boot. I'll keep trying things...

-- RebeccaBonnevie - 05 May 2018

I've managed to install Tails on a USB and boot it on my Mac but cannot find a network connection (Tor opens but fails to find a connection), will keep trying

-- LaraNurick - 06 May 2018

Finished, with some delay

-- NicolaiNuber - 28 Dec 2019

I did it! Here on tor browser- Alessia SF

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-- AlessiaSaracinoFendi - 19 Apr 2022

Finished!

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-- EthanChuang - 04 May 2022

Finally finished. I would have been more excited if I knew this when I was a teenager, but it still was fun:)

-- HiroyukiTanaka - 05 May 2022

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Finished. Thank you!

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