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Dell laptop not booting from tails usb due to security policy

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As the title says, my laptop will not boot from my Tails USB because of security policies. Either they're trying to be funny, just proper stupid. Anybody find a way to fix this, or even have this problem? I boot from linux all the time now, but my laptop for some reason does not like Tails... These people don't make it easy do they.

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1 hour ago, BadluckBrian said:

As the title says, my laptop will not boot from my Tails USB because of security policies. Either they're trying to be funny, just proper stupid. Anybody find a way to fix this, or even have this problem? I boot from linux all the time now, but my laptop for some reason does not like Tails... These people don't make it easy do they.

You have to disable Secure Boot from within the BIOS. Manufacturers have this enabled by default to prevent any unsigned software to boot. This is primarily used to combat rootkits or malware that messes with the bootloader, but it does get in the way when you're trying to install an OS. 

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18 minutes ago, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

You have to disable Secure Boot from within the BIOS. Manufacturers have this enabled by default to prevent any unsigned software to boot. This is primarily used to combat rootkits or malware that messes with the bootloader, but it does get in the way when you're trying to install an OS. 

Fedora and mint boot with secure boot on, that's what confuses me.

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9 hours ago, BadluckBrian said:

Fedora and mint boot with secure boot on, that's what confuses me.

That's because they have the necessary certificate included in the OS. A few of the larger Linux distributions distro's work with secure boot. Just disable it and tails will work fine.

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3 minutes ago, Terryv said:

That's because they have the necessary certificate included in the OS. A few of the larger Linux distributions distro's work with secure boot. Just disable it and tails will work fine.

Yes, I have it working now. I just cannot find my encrypted data from persistent storage. 

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