I am a bit of a noobie, but im not completely retarded, so i am seeking help about tails os not booting, and i tried downloading tails OS with a usb stick onto the usb stick and when i try boot the OS up on the usb stick that which i have downloaded tails to it gives me this line and i dont know how to bypass it or access it.
the line i get when trying to boot up on the usb stick:
“GNU GRUB version 2.12-9” with a statement
“Minimal BASH-like line editing is supported. For the first word, TAB lists possible command completions. Anywhere else TAB lists possible device or file completions. To enable less(1)-like paging, “set pager=1”.
the above is followed by a command line: “grub>”.
I have a lenovo legion with a amd ryzen 7000 series which is one of the newest cpu’s aswell as geforce trx nvidia graphic card which is new aswell and i wonder if it has something to do with that?
Help me out here guys i would appreciate it i am not very nerdy when it comes to this so i dont understand all the technical details.
First, let us start with: (there are 3 questions)
Where did you get the instructions to install and use Tails OS from a USB stick?
What OS is on the USB stick you used when “downloading tails OS with a usb stick onto the usb stick”?
What OS is on the lenovo legion with a amd ryzen 7000 series?
I may not be able to solve your problem. I am not a Tails expert.
I am concentrating on the creation of that USB stick you are booting from as the source of the problem.
I followed the exact instructions to download Tails Tails (7.6.1) from a Windows PC then booted Tails on another much older laptop then yours (10+ years old).
What OS is on the USB stick you used when “downloading tails OS with a usb stick onto the usb stick”?
no OS was on the usb i bought the usb fresh. I followed the instructions downloaded tails and rufus. After that i plugged the newly bought fresh usb into my laptopt (first time ever) and tried to flash it with rufus. The according message provided in my first post is what i saw which is: “GNU GRUB version 2.12-9” with a statement
“Minimal BASH-like line editing is supported. For the first word, TAB lists possible command completions. Anywhere else TAB lists possible device or file completions. To enable less(1)-like paging, “set pager=1”.
the above is followed by a command line: “grub>”.
What OS is on the lenovo legion with a amd ryzen 7000 series?
Normal windows system i believe. I havent downloaded any other and i bought the laptop with the normal windos OS.
I really appreciate for trying to hhelp me still tho. Please let me know if you can locate a problem in any of these answers provided for the questions you asked and see if there is something im doing wrong.
I also thought about that. I recently thrw my old computer out and now i bought this one which is one of the newest models and has a great cpu 7000 series amd ryzen and nvidia geforce i am wondering if it has something to do with that? because on tails. net it says that amd cpus might not be available to work with tails OS.
I gave it a try with an old AMD 8300 CPU with an old Nvidia and it did not come up. I see nothing in the docs about NOT working with an AMD CPU. I see warnings about AMD Radeon and Nvidia graphic cards and about gaming laptops which is what you got.
You seem to be in the GRUB loader. I see the same message. I can simulate that situation somehow. Then when I hit ESC at the grub> prompt I get to another screen where I can do F10 or Ctrl-X to continue the boot. Try that and see. I’m not hopeful.
An old AMD FX 8300 with a Nvidia GTX 550 Ti
I can start the USB stick by selecting to boot USB HDD. I get into Gnome and am stuck there with a blue screen, time and a button to power off.
On a AMD Ryzen 9 3900X with just a VGA card
I can boot the stick in either legacy mode or UEFI and Tails comes up in both
In UEFI I get what looks like the Grub boot loader (what you get)
In legacy mode I get the Syslinux boot loader
Maybe you can try to boot the stick in legacy mode just to see.