I followed this guide as it seems to be the only around. I downloaded the blockchain on the clearnet & copied it over to a USB stick. When I direct monerod to the blockchain on my external USB stick with the blockchain on it, it says that the daemon will start synchronizing with the network. Directly after, I get a message saying:
WARN net.dns src/common/dns_utils.cpp:531 WARNING: no two valid MoneroPulse DNS checkpoint records were received
Apparently it has something to do with the node seeds. Not sure how to fix this. Anyone have it up & running and can shed some light on this?
it's just a warning and won't interfere with syncing. you can safely ignore it. see also: https://monero.stackexchange.com/questions/2508/what-is-a-p2p0warning-no-two-valid-moneropulse-dns-checkpoint-records-were-r
edit: don't be surprised if syncing takes a while (2 days maybe if your pc doesnt have a ssd) and if the last 100k blocks take considerably longer than the ones before. it's due to ringCT going live resulting in bigger blocks. congrats to successfully running a monero node on tails :)