Bug #7370

Tell the user that isohybrid modifies the ISO image

Added by intrigeri 2014-06-03 08:33:03 . Updated 2014-08-08 16:39:37 .

Status:
Resolved
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
Category:
Installation
Target version:
Start date:
2014-06-03
Due date:
% Done:

100%

Feature Branch:
doc/7370-isohybrid-modifies-iso
Type of work:
End-user documentation
Blueprint:

Starter:
0
Affected tool:
Deliverable for:

Description

At least on “Manual installation using Linux”, we tell users to run isohybrid on a Tails ISO image. So far, so good.

This modifies the ISO image, which is a problem if one tries to later verify its OpenPGP signature, or to share it e.g. via BitTorrent.

How about quickly telling the user that isohybrid modifies the ISO image? Most users won’t draw conclusions out of it (and they probably should not anyway), but those who have the skills to do more advanced things with it will be hinted that they should first backup the ISO file.

OTOH, mentioning this would make the installation doc more complex, which might not be worth it. What do others think?


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Related issues

Related to Tails - Bug #7462: isohybrid command returns warnings on Tails 1.1 Resolved 2014-07-31

History

#1 Updated by sajolida 2014-06-04 03:32:34

  • Status: Confirmed

Yes, I’ve seen bug reports about that several times already. This page
is already a bit more technical than the others anyway, so mentioning
that will not really change the overall complexity of it.

#2 Updated by BitingBird 2014-06-04 06:44:32

  • Status changed from New to Confirmed

#3 Updated by sajolida 2014-08-06 13:10:39

  • related to Bug #7462: isohybrid command returns warnings on Tails 1.1 added

#4 Updated by sajolida 2014-08-08 15:26:23

  • Category set to Installation
  • Target version set to Tails_1.1.1
  • QA Check set to Ready for QA
  • Feature Branch set to doc/7370-isohybrid-modifies-iso

#5 Updated by sajolida 2014-08-08 15:27:19

Marked as ready for QA without sending a mail to tails-dev according to the simplified procedure decided during the summit.

#6 Updated by intrigeri 2014-08-08 16:32:24

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

#7 Updated by intrigeri 2014-08-08 16:39:37

  • Status changed from In Progress to Resolved
  • % Done changed from 50 to 100
  • QA Check changed from Ready for QA to Pass

Merged into master.