Re: [Tails-dev] I would love Tails but...

[Daniel Kahn Gillmor]

On Tue 2015-12-01 20:06:01 +0200, Donncha O'Cearbhaill wrote:

> You can boot Tails fully into RAM which allows your to remove the USB
> stick. Press tab at boot to get into the boot options, the provide
> 'toram' as an option.

cool, thanks for the tip.

How much RAM is required on the host system to do this successfully?

Can this be combined with a persistence volume?

If this is done, and you need to shut the machine down in an hurry, is
there any  approach similar to yanking out the USB stick that will
trigger a shutdown and memory scrub reliably?

--dkg
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Re: [Tails-dev] I would love Tails but...

[intrigeri]

Hi,

Austin English wrote (01 Dec 2015 23:17:09 GMT) :
> That's not how persistence works (it uses encrypted storage on the
> Tails device).

As far as what we actively support (as in: document, test, try to keep
in good shape, and deal with user support request), and what our GUI
allows: this is totally correct.

Technically, however, the thing is a tiny bit more flexible: IIRC any
removable storage device with a GPT partition labeled "TailsData" that
contains a LUKS volume is a valid persistence partition that can be
unlocked in the Greeter. This can be useful e.g. for #5561.

Cheers,
-- 
intrigeri
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Re: [Tails-dev] I would love Tails but...

[Daniel Kahn Gillmor]

On Wed 2015-12-02 01:11:51 +0200, Austin English wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 4:56 PM, Daniel Kahn Gillmor
>  wrote:
>> On Tue 2015-12-01 20:06:01 +0200, Donncha O'Cearbhaill wrote:
>>
>>> You can boot Tails fully into RAM which allows your to remove the USB
>>> stick. Press tab at boot to get into the boot options, the provide
>>> 'toram' as an option.
>>
>> cool, thanks for the tip.
>>
>> How much RAM is required on the host system to do this successfully?
>>
>> Can this be combined with a persistence volume?
>
> How could the files persist if you remove the storage device they
> would be written to?

you could write them elsewhere, not to a USB stick, no?  (or to a
different USB stick)

--dkg
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[Tails-dev] I would love Tails but...

[hans . hack]

Dear Tails-Developer,tails is good but it would be much better when you could 
use Tails"without" USB-Stick. Before I used Tails I used Parted Magic. When 
Parted Magicis booted you can unmount the USB-Stick and boot the next Computer 
with this USB-stick.I hope you read this E-Mail and you will work at this.Best 
wishes from Germany,your "Hans Hack"
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Re: [Tails-dev] I would love Tails but...

[Donncha O'Cearbhaill]

Hi Hans,

You can boot Tails fully into RAM which allows your to remove the USB
stick. Press tab at boot to get into the boot options, the provide
'toram' as an option.

Regards,
Donncha

hans.h...@opentrash.com:
> Dear Tails-Developer,tails is good but it would be much better when you could 
> use Tails"without" USB-Stick. Before I used Tails I used Parted Magic. When 
> Parted Magicis booted you can unmount the USB-Stick and boot the next 
> Computer with this USB-stick.I hope you read this E-Mail and you will work at 
> this.Best wishes from Germany,your "Hans Hack"
> 
> 
> 
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