Ok sweet I'll try that in the morning and get back to you (it's 1 am in Belgium). I'm pretty sure I actually did try that, but maybe I forgot to save and reboot.
Thank you! sent from mobile On Oct 28, 2016 00:56, "Moses Miller" <[email protected]> wrote: > It looks like you are doing everything perfectly, but the red "could not > authenticate" screen seems to be because your laptop has something called > "secure boot" enabled. Secure boot prevents your computer from running > other operating systems, such as tails, so you need to disable it. Here > <https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn481258.aspx> is an article > on how to do that. > > > On 10/27/2016 04:41 AM, C. Lebbe wrote: > > > Hi, > > I'm a computer douche and trying to boot Tails on my Asus Notebook X750L > and it's not working out. > > - The version I tried to start is 2.6 and dates from this September > > - I couldn't verify the image I downloaded because when I tried to look up > how to do this, it proved to be nearly impossible. All threads I could find > on the subject were extremely confusing, and very often for an Ubuntu > audience (I'm on fucking Windows 10 and it kills me slowly but there's no > alternative). I downloaded it from the Trails website though, but > apparently that guarantees nothing. > > - The brand and model of my laptop see above. > > - When I'm in BIOS (which took me 3 hours to work out btw, it's with the > shift key holding while shutting down and f2 key while starting up) there > seems to be no straight forward way to select my USB stick as a booting > source, or whatever (I don't know the correct terms for this shit, bear > with me). At some point I found a way to access my USB content through the > BIOS menu (I don't know if that's what happened I'm just saying I got to > see some files in the menu that seemed to come from there) and then I could > select something along the lines of bootaefi94.bit (that's definitely not > correct but I don't remember what it was called 'cause this is all > jibberish to me, I think there was an "x" in there as well). > I figured this seemed like a recognizable "thing" that has something to do > with "a driver" but I don't understand what I'm doing I just had a hunch > that was it. Turned out, from internet fora I browsed, I was right. > BUT when I select this and press f10 to save and exit, my laptop clearly > is trying to "do something" (black screen, working thingies inside) but > then a red window appears that says something like "could not authenticate" > (also don't remember what it said damnit I should have taken pictures) and > then the only option I have is to click "ok" after which fucking Windows 10 > starts and I die a little more. > > - I'm trying to start Tails on a bright orange coy fish shaped USB that > has a capacity of 8 gig. > > - The program I used to install it was the Universal USB Installer > suggested to me by the Trails website. > > - Have never attempted to install Trails succesfully on this computer > before. > > - I don't know if this coy fish could succesfully start on other computers > that would feel like he's cheating on me. > > THANKS and sorry (but mostly thanks) > > Sincerely, > > > Clémence > > > _______________________________________________ > tails-support mailing > [email protected]https://mailman.boum.org/listinfo/tails-support > To unsubscribe from this list, send an empty email to > [email protected]. > > > > _______________________________________________ > tails-support mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman.boum.org/listinfo/tails-support > To unsubscribe from this list, send an empty email to > [email protected]. >
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