Hi, Arne wrote (07 Aug 2013 19:15:21 GMT) : > Because it is quite unlikely that a normal user of a Linux system is allowed > to write > to the device directly.
On most modern GNU/Linux distros that I know of, the desktop user that was created at installation time has write access to removable storage media out-of-the-box. So, I can't call it unlikely. > Furthermore i don't get a specific reason why you are using cat instead of dd. > Maybe because cat is really likely to be already installed but from my > experiences dd > is mostly installed as well. I tend to think that using `dd' instead of `cat' would at least solve the "I tried `sudo cat FILE > DEVICE' and it did not work" issue. sajolida, what do you think? > And a last thing i think that this distribution is dedicated to those who need > anonymity in a safe way. So maybe they don't have such a big background and > would > stop after the first try even if they are already using Linux. That's correct. Please note that this installation method is marked as the *manual* one, and not recommended as the default option. Cheers, -- intrigeri | GnuPG key @ https://gaffer.ptitcanardnoir.org/intrigeri/intrigeri.asc | OTR fingerprint @ https://gaffer.ptitcanardnoir.org/intrigeri/otr.asc _______________________________________________ tails-dev mailing list [email protected] https://mailman.boum.org/listinfo/tails-dev
