Feature #16408

Document how to run from a virtual USB storage in virt-manager from a USB image

Added by Anonymous 2019-01-29 11:00:00 . Updated 2019-05-06 18:15:43 .

Status:
Resolved
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
Category:
Target version:
Tails_3.13.2
Start date:
2019-01-29
Due date:
% Done:

100%

Feature Branch:
doc/16408-usb-image-virt-manager
Type of work:
Website
Blueprint:

Starter:
Affected tool:
Deliverable for:

Description

Is there a plan to update the documentation of running Tails from a virtual USB storage in virt-manager (https://tails.boum.org/doc/advanced_topics/virtualization/virt-manager/index.en.html#index5h1)? The USB image can be used for this instead of using Tails Installer. The image must be increased to be at least 7200 MiB, I always do this with this command:

dd if=/dev/zero of=PATH_TO_TAILS.img conv=notrunc oflag=append bs=1000M count=6

FWIW one can get a simpler command line by using truncate.

Subtasks

Related issues

Related to Tails - Bug #16006: USB image: adjust documentation Resolved 2016-04-14

History

#1 Updated by Anonymous 2019-01-29 11:00:55

  • Target version set to Tails_3.13

Could you provide a doc branch with this information please? Then reassign to intrigeri for review? Thanks!

#2 Updated by Anonymous 2019-01-29 11:01:06

  • related to Bug #16006: USB image: adjust documentation added

#3 Updated by Anonymous 2019-01-29 11:01:38

  • Deliverable for set to 316

#4 Updated by sajolida 2019-01-29 16:42:07

  • Tracker changed from Bug to Feature
  • Subject changed from Update doc for running Tails from a virtual USB storage in virt-manager to Document how to run from a virtual USB storage in virt-manager from a USB image

Good catch! I didn’t think about updating this section but it would be great.

Note that the current section still works and that this work was not initially budgeted for Sponsor_I. So I think we should drop the “Deliverable for” and make this a Low priority (and Starter) task.

Would the first step be to update the command line to use truncate as proposed by intrigeri on Bug #16006#note-14.

I’m fine with reviewing a branch after somebody else writes a draft.

#5 Updated by Anonymous 2019-01-29 17:34:47

  • Deliverable for deleted (316)

maybe segfault can provide the draft because he has certainly done this in the past for testing :)

#6 Updated by segfault 2019-02-27 21:55:06

  • Status changed from Confirmed to In Progress

Applied in changeset commit:tails|70755d6fc1df150858934c62765a6bfcfa8b929f.

#7 Updated by segfault 2019-02-27 21:56:52

  • Assignee changed from segfault to sajolida
  • QA Check set to Ready for QA
  • Feature Branch set to doc/16408-usb-image-virt-manager
  • Type of work changed from Contributors documentation to Website

I drafted something

#8 Updated by Anonymous 2019-02-28 17:37:39

Thank you @segfault!

#9 Updated by sajolida 2019-03-15 16:43:29

  • Status changed from In Progress to Resolved
  • Assignee deleted (sajolida)
  • QA Check deleted (Ready for QA)

I improve some styling in 160e27ca60 and 177d408d1f and merged it.

Thanks a lot @segfault, I would never have found the time to update this myself…

#10 Updated by segfault 2019-03-23 14:11:48

  • Status changed from Resolved to In Progress
  • Assignee set to sajolida
  • Target version changed from Tails_3.13 to Tails_3.14
  • QA Check set to Ready for QA

In my draft I wrote that the OS type of the VM could be set to either “Debian Stretch” or “Generic default”. But I just noticed that on my system (Debian Sid), new machines I create with OS type “Generic default” miss the spice channel required to share the clipboard between host and guest. When I create the machine as “Debian Stretch”, this channel is automatically added. So I pushed a commit which removes the “Generic default” part.

#11 Updated by intrigeri 2019-04-12 12:00:42

  • Status changed from In Progress to Resolved
  • % Done changed from 0 to 100

Applied in changeset commit:tails|013f504e44d8da72d80d0246b11a4739f6429ebb.

#12 Updated by intrigeri 2019-04-12 12:01:18

  • Assignee deleted (sajolida)
  • QA Check changed from Ready for QA to Pass

Thanks, merged.

#13 Updated by intrigeri 2019-05-05 08:24:03

  • Target version changed from Tails_3.14 to Tails_3.13.2

#14 Updated by anonym 2019-05-06 15:03:18

  • Target version changed from Tails_3.13.2 to Tails_3.14

#15 Updated by intrigeri 2019-05-06 18:15:43

  • Target version changed from Tails_3.14 to Tails_3.13.2