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I wonder if there's a simple way to modify Tails, so that it can be boot from SSD, which treated as non-removable hard drive, without problem. Currently I must modify the boot loader every time to boot from SSD, I do that bcoz SSD loads faster than ordinary flash drive.
Currently I must modify the boot loader every time to boot from SSD
What bootloader/file are you modifying? Assuming you are using grub a /boot/grub/grub.custom file with a menu entry for tails should suffice. There is no need to run update-grub with changes to a grub.custom file.
Last edited by colorpurple21859; 06-02-2023 at 07:53 AM.
What bootloader/file are you modifying? Assuming you are using grub a /boot/grub/grub.custom file with a menu entry for tails should suffice. There is no need to run update-grub with changes to a grub.custom file.
I also want to know which file to modify, so that I can made it permanent. What I did was to edit the boot options to remove the "livemedia=removable" statement so that it will boot straight away without error, as SSD is treated as fixed drive unlike regular USB flash drive as removable.
I just did a test to install Tails on a Samsung T5 500G USB SSD, it booted halfway then return error of "unable to find a live file system...", same as the Buffalo 256G I used, until I removed the "live-media=removable" statement in the boot options.
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