Bug #14736

Test that it is still possible to install Tails with UUI

Added by goupille 2017-09-29 11:39:45 . Updated 2018-02-04 14:23:29 .

Status:
Resolved
Priority:
Normal
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Category:
Installation
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Start date:
2017-09-29
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% Done:

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Type of work:
Research
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Description

UUI was updated 3 days ago, and there was a lot of reports this week from users unable to boot with devices installed with Universal USB Installer. the following error message is displayed before the boot menu :

WARNING: No configuration file found

like in Bug #8992.

Subtasks

Related issues

Blocks Tails - Feature #14761: Core work 2017Q4 → 2018Q1: User experience Resolved 2017-10-03

History

#1 Updated by goupille 2017-09-29 12:13:16

  • Assignee set to sajolida

#2 Updated by goupille 2017-10-14 18:02:17

a user reported that if UUI is not started with administration rights, checking the “format in fat32” box is ignored with no error or warning popup (beside an error hidden in the logs), and the volume is formated in NTFS (resulting in all kind of errors).

#3 Updated by sajolida 2017-10-16 14:12:20

  • blocks Feature #14761: Core work 2017Q4 → 2018Q1: User experience added

#4 Updated by sajolida 2017-10-16 14:13:27

  • Target version set to Tails_3.3

#5 Updated by sajolida 2017-10-24 22:22:24

  • Status changed from New to Confirmed
  • Assignee deleted (sajolida)

First, note that our instructions point to a version of UUI stored on our website and that I update manually. The last update was to UUI 1.9.7.7 back in May 2. We do this for more security (HTTPS) and also to have a tiny bit more control over the bugs people might face.

So if people follow our instructions, UUI hasn’t changed since May.

That said, I did a bunch of tests tonight for this ticket as well as Bug #13206 and both 1.9.7.7 and the newest 1.9.7.9 work as expected. See Bug #13206#note-20.

As a consequence, I updated the version we serve on our website to 1.9.7.9.

#6 Updated by sajolida 2017-10-24 22:24:10

  • Status changed from Confirmed to Resolved

#7 Updated by sajolida 2017-11-07 15:44:08

  • Status changed from Resolved to In Progress
  • Assignee set to sajolida
  • Parent task set to Bug #13206

I should do more tests regarding the “administration rights thingie”. On my Windows there is no such a thing but maybe creating a second user would reveal that.

#8 Updated by sajolida 2017-11-14 13:20:31

  • Target version changed from Tails_3.3 to Tails_3.5

#9 Updated by anonym 2018-01-23 19:52:46

  • Target version changed from Tails_3.5 to Tails_3.6

#10 Updated by sajolida 2018-02-04 14:23:29

  • Status changed from In Progress to Resolved
  • Assignee deleted (sajolida)
  • Target version deleted (Tails_3.6)

I tested that again today with UUI 1.9.8.0:

  • I created a “Guest” account on my Windows 7.
  • I formatted a USB stick with 1 NTFS partition.
  • I installed tails-amd64-3.5.iso using UUI 1.9.8.0 on this USB stick after checking the “Format in FAT32” option.
  • I got ask for the password of my main account when trying to open UUI, and gave it.

The resulting USB stick had 1 FAT partition and was booting fine.

Marking this ticket as solve then.

Please reopen once you have more information about which particular version of Windows and setup for this “administration” account is required to reproduce the failure described in Bug #14736#note-2.