So I tried to install tails 2 different ways. First using I'm burn to burn it on a DVD. Then it runs and about halfway or so some weird error messages pop up. Then I tried using Rufus to burn it on a usb. It also gets some error message but it says complete. I tried re downloading and re verifying from the tails website But same deal. I put that usb in and I see the tails screen and it says automatically loading in 5,4... and once it gets to 0 it constantly goes back 5,4...
Is it a problem that my tails is a rar file and not an iso. Every how to I watch says burn the iso image mine is a rar file
Make sure you're using the latest stable release from the official tails site
If it's not making it past syslinux like you said (where it goes 5,4,3,2) try pressing TAB and removing the '2' from 'vmlinuz2' and 'initrd2.img', and then hitting 'enter'.
This is really a discussion for /r/tails