Bug #7369

Confusing advices wrt. installing on a DVD or USB stick

Added by intrigeri 2014-06-03 08:26:10 . Updated 2014-09-22 10:50:42 .

Status:
Resolved
Priority:
Elevated
Assignee:
Category:
Installation
Target version:
Tails_1.2
Start date:
2014-06-03
Due date:
% Done:

100%

Feature Branch:
doc/7369-bootstrapping-process
Type of work:
End-user documentation
Blueprint:

Starter:
0
Affected tool:
Deliverable for:

Description

On https://tails.boum.org/doc/ one may read:

  • Burning a DVD
  • Installing onto a USB stick or SD card (recommended)

If one clicks on the second link, one may then read:

  • Burn a Tails DVD (recommended).
  • Use another Tails USB stick or SD card, for example from a friend.
  • Manually install Tails onto another USB stick or SD card, if you cannot use a DVD.

I (intrigeri) personally get the difference: the recommended way to run Tails is a USB stick, but the recommended way to install this USB stick is to… first burn a DVD.

Still, the seemingly contradicting messages are confusing even technical users.

Subtasks

History

#1 Updated by intrigeri 2014-06-03 08:27:39

  • Description updated

#2 Updated by BitingBird 2014-06-09 15:20:25

  • Status changed from New to Confirmed

Lots of questions regarding this on the chan, so I confirm.

#3 Updated by sajolida 2014-06-29 14:21:43

  • Category set to Installation

#4 Updated by intrigeri 2014-07-30 22:00:30

  • Priority changed from Normal to Elevated

It seems that it’s confusing too many people, bumping priority.

#5 Updated by sajolida 2014-07-31 10:03:28

  • Assignee set to sajolida

#6 Updated by sajolida 2014-09-20 12:05:57

  • Target version set to Tails_1.2
  • QA Check set to Ready for QA
  • Feature Branch set to doc/7369-bootstrapping-process

#7 Updated by sajolida 2014-09-20 12:06:05

  • Assignee deleted (sajolida)

#8 Updated by intrigeri 2014-09-22 10:46:31

  • Status changed from Confirmed to In Progress
  • Assignee set to intrigeri
  • % Done changed from 0 to 50

#9 Updated by intrigeri 2014-09-22 10:50:42

  • Status changed from In Progress to Resolved
  • Assignee deleted (intrigeri)
  • % Done changed from 50 to 100
  • QA Check changed from Ready for QA to Pass