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Discussion => Newbie discussion => Topic started by: stubbietruck on June 21, 2013, 09:53 am

Title: help with tails
Post by: stubbietruck on June 21, 2013, 09:53 am
Hi, I was hoping someone might help me with a problem I have installing tails, I have downloaded the .Iso file and burnt it to DVD with Infra recorder , on the slowest speed.
Tails starts to boot then comes up with error
EDD ERROR 3200 READING SECTOR 439560
INVALID OR CORRUPT KERNAL IMAGE
Please help me sort this its driving me crazy, ive burnt four discs now and all the same thing
Many thanks
Title: Re: help with tails
Post by: tree on June 21, 2013, 09:55 am
You shouldn't use the lowest speed, the maximum speed setting is always the most reliable when burning DVDs. Low speed is more prone to errors.
Title: Re: help with tails
Post by: stubbietruck on June 21, 2013, 09:56 am
Imay be a complete dumb cunt as I think I might not have completed the download?? Could that be the problem?
Title: Re: help with tails
Post by: stubbietruck on June 21, 2013, 09:57 am
Hi i originally did highest speed then dropped it after reding the troubleshooting thing, same result both ways
Title: Re: help with tails
Post by: tree on June 21, 2013, 09:59 am
To be sure your ISO is not corrupted (or worse, you were victim of a MITM attack), you should verify the signature of the image you downloaded.
Title: Re: help with tails
Post by: stubbietruck on June 21, 2013, 10:03 am
I am going to delete it and start the whole process again and verify it , thanks heaps for the replies
Title: Re: help with tails
Post by: tree on June 21, 2013, 10:58 am
Well you could also just verify the image you've already downloaded, maybe it's valid. Obviously if you haven't completed the download it won't work though! :P
Title: Re: help with tails
Post by: Attacksia on June 21, 2013, 11:01 am
You can try making a LiveUSB instead of a DVD, how I prefer to use Tails.
For me it was quite easy and went pretty smoothly.
Title: Re: help with tails
Post by: Raoul Duke on June 21, 2013, 11:04 am
^^you need the burnt dvd to create the live USB
Title: Re: help with tails
Post by: Attacksia on June 21, 2013, 11:04 am
^^you need the burnt dvd to create the live USB
I didn't, just the iso and empty usb.
Title: Re: help with tails
Post by: Raoul Duke on June 21, 2013, 11:08 am
how did you boot the iso? in a VM?
Title: Re: help with tails
Post by: Attacksia on June 21, 2013, 11:10 am
No, I found what I used.
http://www.pendrivelinux.com/universal-usb-installer-easy-as-1-2-3/
Supports Tails and finished pretty quickly.
Title: Re: help with tails
Post by: Raoul Duke on June 21, 2013, 11:13 am
good find my man, i was running out of dvds . have a + :-*
Title: Re: help with tails
Post by: Attacksia on June 21, 2013, 11:16 am
No problem. Surprised this hasn't been mentioned yet, considering I found it on the Tails own site :P.
Title: Re: help with tails
Post by: Raoul Duke on June 21, 2013, 11:17 am
i just always download the upgraded iso. should spend more time reading i suppose
Title: Re: help with tails
Post by: peaceandlove34 on June 22, 2013, 08:34 am
i have tails already to go on a 16gb usb drive...pm me
Title: Re: help with tails
Post by: stubbietruck on June 22, 2013, 11:09 am
Yep I was burning the disc to make the live persitant USBm problem was I left it to download and it apearedto be finished....but no it was only 300mb on closer inspection. so now im up and kicking
Title: Re: help with tails
Post by: quickfundinggroup on June 22, 2013, 09:05 pm
Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them - that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.
Title: Re: help with tails
Post by: therabbithole on June 22, 2013, 09:46 pm
When you burn Tails into a CD, make sure that you're burning the content of the Tails folder, not the .iso file.
Title: Re: help with tails
Post by: ReggieNoble2 on June 23, 2013, 04:29 am
When you say burn the contents of the Tails folder do you mean after clicking on the iso and burning the 'Tails 0.18 - 201' or do you mean going once more and just burning the folders of 'isolinux' and 'live'?