Hi,
some of us have been spending quite some time on implementing
persistence support, as well as some of its prerequisites
(tails-greeter, USB installer).
The goal is to have basic implementations of this ready in time for
Tails 0.11; the big feature freeze is March 20, so *now* is the right
time to understand what's happening, test what has already been done,
and to comment on this stuff.
To start with, having a good read of our main persistence wiki page is
probably needed to get the big picture and avoid misunderstandings:
https://tails.boum.org/todo/persistence/
All info about Git repositories is supposed to be on
https://tails.boum.org/contribute/git/, please report any
missing bits.
The general testing process would be:
1. use the USB installer to install Tails on a USB stick
2. boot the newly installed Tails
3. use tails-persistence-setup to bootstrap a persistence container
4. "configure which bits are persistent" is not implemented yet,
so create a live.persist file in the TailsData filesystem:
https://tails.boum.org/todo/persistence/#index7h3
5. reboot
6. enable persistence in tails-greeter
7. enjoy
USB installer
=============
* wiki:
https://tails.boum.org/todo/usb_install_and_upgrade/
* todo:
https://tails.boum.org/todo/usb_install_and_upgrade/todo/
Testing:
1. boot Tails 0.10.x
2. get the latest liveusb-creator snapshot package in the
feature/usb_installer branch of the main Tails
3. install this .deb into Tails
4. run "Clone Tails" from Applications -> Tails menu.
5. try other options (install from ISO, upgrade from ISO) that can
be found in Applications -> Tails menu.
bootstrap persistent storage
============================
* wiki:
https://tails.boum.org/todo/persistence/#index9h3
* todo:
https://tails.boum.org/todo/persistence/#index1h4
Status: Mostly working.
Testing:
https://tails.boum.org/todo/persistence/#index2h4
tails-greeter / enable persistence at boot time
===============================================
* wiki:
-
https://tails.boum.org/todo/TailsGreeter/
-
https://tails.boum.org/todo/persistence/#index11h3
* todo:
-
https://tails.boum.org/todo/TailsGreeter/issues/
-
https://tails.boum.org/todo/persistence/#index7h4
Status: Mostly working.
Testing:
https://tails.boum.org/todo/persistence/#index8h4
persistence backend
===================
* wiki:
https://tails.boum.org/todo/persistence/#index6h2
Status: done, needs to be merged upstream.
configure which bits are persistent
===================================
* wiki:
https://tails.boum.org/todo/persistence/#index10h3
Nothing done yet but a bit of drafting / scoping. See wiki page,
comments welcome, but please keep in mind this is very early.
Cheers,
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