Re: [Tails-dev] Issues

On Sun, Dec 25, 2016 at 5:20 PM, Lucas Gelf <lucas.gelfond@???> wrote:

> Hi TAILS,
> I'm attempting to create a dual-partition flash drive, 8GB for TAILS and
> the rest for my own personal files for my keychain. It's a 64GB Kingston
> DataTraveler USB3.0. I've got two FAT32 partitions on it already.
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> I'm on a Mac. Today, I downloaded the ISO (2.9.1), checked it with
> OpenPGP, and installed it on the USB drive. I followed all of the
> instructions and with minor hiccups, got the transfer to finish. My Mac
> (Early 2015 Macbook Air) didn't recognize the interim drive (Kingston
> DataTraveler SE9 16GB) even after I installed rEFInd.
>
> I looked around the internet and ended up buying (not FOSS :() Mac Linux
> USB Loader <https://www.sevenbits.io/mlul/> based on a forum user's
> advice. I installed the ISO on the USB drive and managed to boot with it.
>
> I booted into TAILS without incident, but upon attempting to clone the
> drive to the next drive, I had no luck. Every time I clicked, nothing
> happened. I've attached a video.
>
> I then downloaded VirtualBox, the VirtualBox Extension Pack, and installed
> TAILS in a VM. I passed the USB in and successfully installed TAILS on it.
> It did make me clear my partition and BT/WiFi both didn't work. I'll likely
> buy one of the Penguin RYF WiFi adapters. That being said:
>
> Is my live USB via VirtualBox alright?
>
> How can I partition my drive so that most of it is for my files and only
> part of it (4-8GB) is a live USB? Will it work?
>
> Do you know why any of my problems happened?
>
> Thanks so much! You guys seem to make a great software package.
>
> Lucas
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