Re: [Tails-testers] TAILS 3.13.1 and previous versions fail …

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Author: segfault
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To: ctop1@netzero.net
CC: tails-testers
Subject: Re: [Tails-testers] TAILS 3.13.1 and previous versions fail to boot De ll Latitude E5250
Hi,

ctop1@???:
> Segfault
>
> YES
>
> you put it exactly how it is that is correct.


Thanks. So this seems to be a hardware specific issue. We will add the
Dell model to the list of hardware which has known issues with Tails [1]
until we are able to fix this.

Cheers

> ---------- Original Message ----------
> From: segfault <segfault@???>
> To: tails-testers@???, ctop1@???
> Cc: u <u@???>
> Subject: Re: [Tails-testers] TAILS 3.13.1 and previous versions fail to boot De ll Latitude E5250
> Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2019 20:49:00 +0000
>
> Hi,
>
> ctop1@???:
>> This sounds like the "second boot failure bug".
>> See https://tails.boum.org/news/version_3.13.1/index.en.html#index2h1
>> for more information.
>>
>> I thought it was second boot failure bug but it is not
>>
>> ========================================================
>> I could always use the first USB stick repeatedly, it is when I tried to setup the second disk when I was using tails 3.11 but the native built USB stick would never boot with this DELL E5250
>> I tried a developer's image with same problem. The second USB stick always worked with my other computers.
>> Then 3.13.1 was released, and didn't need two USB sticks, just like the developer version I had downloaded earlier, but NO CHANGE
>
> I would like to try to reproduce the issue you reported. To clarify, did
> I understand correctly that these two cases describe what you tried:
>
> case ISO:
> 1. You created a Tails USB stick using the ISO
> 2. This Tails stick works fine on the Dell laptop and other hardware
> 3. You booted the Tails USB stick and used the Tails Installer to clone
> Tails to another USB stick
> 4. This new Tails stick doesn't boot on the Dell laptop, but boots on
> other hardware, even on second and subsequent boots
>
> case USB Image:
> 1. You created a Tails USB stick using Etcher with the .img file
> 2. This Tails stick doesn't boot on the Dell laptop, but boots on other
> hardware, even on second and subsequent boots
>
> Is this correct?