By the way: my late model MacBook Air boots tails okay. The touchpad
works and I don't need to change the kernel command line. Wifi does
not work but for secure document authoring, that's not a big deal.

On 16 January 2015 at 12:32, Jason Dusek <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 16 January 2015 at 02:29, intrigeri <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Jason Dusek wrote (15 Jan 2015 18:40:34 GMT) :
>> > I’m trying out Tails on an Acer C720
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> > and I’ve noticed that:
>>
>> >    - One must edit the kernel command line to get it to boot.
>>
>> What exact change do you need to do?
>> How exactly was the boot medium prepared?
>
> The medium was `dd`'d from a Mac, per:
> https://tails.boum.org/doc/first_steps/installation/manual/mac/index.en.html
>
> The change I needed to make comes from Reddit, per:
> https://www.reddit.com/r/tails/comments/2mn0yx/acer_c720_chromebook_fails_to_boot_beyond_tails/
>
>      SOLUTION: Okay, so I found a solution that is 100% working for
> me. When Tails boot
>      menu appears, I click TAB to modify the tags in this way: remove
> the '2' from 'vmlinuz2'
>      and 'initrd2.img', then hit 'enter' and voilà!
>
>> >     - The trackpad doesn’t work.
>>
>> Please send a complete bug report about it, so that we get enough
>> tech details to understand where the problem comes from:
>> https://tails.boum.org/doc/first_steps/bug_reporting/
>>
>> (Please refer to this thread in your bug report, and make it clear
>> that I've asked for this info.)
>>
>> > I’m open to using a different laptop. What are some models of cheap/small
>> > laptop that people have had success using Tails on?
>>
>> I've seen a lot of people use second-hand ThinkPad X200.
>
> Oh no, old laptops...
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