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Old 02-07-2015
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Hi everyone,

I have a problem but I have never installed a separate OS before so my lingo and understanding may not be as good as some of you. I will try and explain my problem best I can. I am trying to instead of loading Windows 7 when my computer starts up, for it to start linux specifically tails (a type of linux, I think). I have followed instructions online and have managed to get tails onto my USB stick, when my computer is loading I press F2 or F8 (forget which now) and a screen comes up asking me to select Live or Live (failsafe) I am told to select Live so I do. After this, a login screen should appear however all that happens is the following:

Decompressing Linux ... Parsing ELF ... done.
Booting the kernel.
Loading, please wait...
_

Appears for a split second then goes, a loading bar (blue and white) then appears at the very bottom of my screen, once complete ..

"early console in decompress_kernel

Decompressing Linux ... Parsing ELF ... done.
Booting the kernel.
Loading, please wait...
_"

appears again.

The _ keeps blinking, I have been watching it for well over an hour (it is doing nothing) at one point my screen even went blank so I thought it had finished so I pressed a key and the screen lit back up to show me the same message.

I have tried to load tails on 3 seperate computers and it does the same thing every time. I have re-downloaded tails (version 1.2.3, released 14 Jan) just incase it was a version problem. I am at my whits end here I have no idea what to do, please any help would be appreciated thank you.

Last edited by markhow30; 02-07-2015 at 03:36 PM..
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Old 02-07-2015
I believe this is a known problem.

How did you create your USB stick image?

You need to use isohybrid for it to work.

Search Google for this issue.
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Old 02-08-2015
I used the universal USB installer (programme)

I am having trouble finding a download for isohybrid, is there any chance you could link me?

thanks again for the reply.

---------- Post updated 02-08-15 at 05:54 AM ---------- Previous update was 02-07-15 at 03:41 PM ----------

Hey, I have managed to fix the problem.

It was a compatibility issue with the USB stick I was using (I need a different make of USB stick). Thanks for the reply though Smilie
 
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