Problem booting tails off Kingston usbs

Posted this on the noobs site a couple of days ago, but no replies. Trying it here in hope of catching someone techie.

I have a Kingston DTSE9 G2 USB stick.

I was able to get the boot loader to see the USB drive. Unfortunately, the loader comes back saying the image is not bootable. Any suggestions? I've read, re-read, and fiddled with this for hours.

Other info: Can get other USBs to boot (albeit HW encrypted with their own boot loader). Used Universal USB installer to write the image. Tried booting into HP 810 and an ancient Lenovo (2007/08). Wrote image from a Win10 machine. Kingston says they don't support booting, but doubt that is the problem since the machine sees the USB drive when booting. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.


Comments


[3 Points] tgif3:

Your issues is uefi or secureboot


[1 Points] None:

Tails has an issue with some Sandisk USBs, I realize yours is Kingston, but might be the same issue.

Might want to see if this works:

SanDisk

Many SanDisk USB sticks are configured by the manufacturer as a fixed disk, and not as a removable disk. As a consequence, they require removing the live-media=removable boot parameter. See troubleshooting section about Tails not starting entirely on PC or Mac.

SanDisk Cruzer Edge 8GB
SanDisk Cruzer Extreme USB 3.0 16GB, 32GB and 64GB
SanDisk Cruzer Fit USB 2.0 8GB, 16GB, and 32G
SanDisk Cruzer Force 8GB
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 4GB, 8GB and 16GB
SanDisk Cruzer Switch USB 2.0 8GB and 32GB
SanDisk Cruzer USB 3.0 64GB
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 4GB, 8GB, and 32GB
SanDisk Cruzer Facet
SanDisk Cruzer Orbiter 32GB (hangs at installation time but boots fine afterwards)
SanDisk Ultra 16GB, 32GB

SanDisk had begun the production of flash drives configured as fixed disk in 2012 to meet new requirements for Windows 8 Certification, and ended it in mid-2014. The flash drives that comply with this certification will have the Windows 8 logo on their packaging. If a flash drive does not have the Windows 8 logo on its packaging, then that drive will function as a removable disk and should work with Tails.