Feature #16810

Add the minimum USB size required in the system requirement page

Added by goupille 2019-06-13 17:56:32 . Updated 2019-07-31 11:16:47 .

Status:
Resolved
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
Category:
Installation
Target version:
Tails_3.16
Start date:
Due date:
% Done:

0%

Feature Branch:
doc/16810-usb-size-in-requirements
Type of work:
End-user documentation
Blueprint:

Starter:
1
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Description

A user reported not seeing that Tails needed at least an 8Gb USB stick until being in the middle of the installation process.
It seems that we only specify that in the overview pages of the installation guide, and, I think it would be great to say it as well in https://tails.boum.org/doc/about/requirements

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signature.asc (833 B) sajolida, 2019-06-13 19:35:44

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Related issues

Blocks Tails - Feature #16711: Core work 2019Q3 → 2019Q4: Technical writing Resolved 2016-01-08

History

#1 Updated by sajolida 2019-06-13 18:01:07

  • Tracker changed from Bug to Feature
  • Subject changed from consider adding the minimum USB size required in the system requirement page to Add the minimum USB size required in the system requirement page
  • Category set to Installation
  • Assignee deleted (sajolida)
  • Priority changed from Normal to Low
  • Starter set to Yes

Good idea!

Right now, it’s displayed in the 2 page of the installation instructions:

https://tails.boum.org/install/win/

That’s 2 click away from the homepage and quite far from “the middle of the installation process”.

I doubt that putting it in /doc/about/requirements will be useful for more people but it won’t hurt so → yes! but low prio.

#2 Updated by goupille 2019-06-13 18:29:09

sajolida wrote:
> Right now, it’s displayed in the 2 page of the installation instructions:
>
> https://tails.boum.org/install/win/

I missed that :)

> I doubt that putting it in /doc/about/requirements will be useful for more people but it won’t hurt so → yes! but low prio.

I agree (though if I were to search for this particular information, I would go to that page first)

#3 Updated by sajolida 2019-06-13 19:35:44

> though if I were to search for this particular information, I would go to that page first

Very right!

#4 Updated by sajolida 2019-06-13 19:36:01

  • Priority changed from Low to Normal

#5 Updated by sajolida 2019-07-22 17:06:31

  • blocks Feature #16711: Core work 2019Q3 → 2019Q4: Technical writing added

#6 Updated by sajolida 2019-07-30 16:00:06

  • Status changed from Confirmed to In Progress

Applied in changeset commit:tails|865a00ee996848c70f15ff9be6e250e4f6c544f4.

#7 Updated by sajolida 2019-07-30 16:03:33

  • Status changed from In Progress to Needs Validation
  • Assignee set to goupille
  • Target version set to Tails_3.16
  • Feature Branch set to doc/16810-usb-size-in-requirements

Here is a branch. It now reads:

- A USB stick of 8 GB minimum or a DVD recordable.

  All the data on this USB stick or DVD will be lost when installing Tails.

- The possibility to start from a USB stick or a DVD reader.

- A 64-bit <span class="definition">[[!wikipedia x86-64]]</span>
  compatible processor:
  - <span class="definition">[[!wikipedia IBM_PC_compatible]]</span> but not
    <span class="definition">[[!wikipedia PowerPC]]</span> nor
    <span class="definition">[[!wikipedia ARM_architecture desc="ARM"]]</span>.
  - Mac computers are IBM PC compatible since 2006.
  - Tails does not run on most tablets and phones.

- 2 GB of RAM to work smoothly.

  Tails can work with less than 2 GB RAM but might behave strangely or crash.

Does it solve your concern?

#8 Updated by goupille 2019-07-30 18:24:40

  • Assignee changed from goupille to sajolida

sajolida wrote:
> Here is a branch. It now reads:
>
> […]
>
> Does it solve your concern?

that’s perfect :)

#9 Updated by sajolida 2019-07-31 11:16:47

  • Status changed from Needs Validation to Resolved
  • Assignee deleted (sajolida)

Merging then! Thanks for the quick review.