From 144725535a43577b21f1897b938f0e624cd66ad5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: s3bulba Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2017 10:21:06 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Added information on Tails persistent storage Added HowTo for accessing persistent volume on existing Tails usb drive --- privacy/tails.md | 9 +++++++-- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/privacy/tails.md b/privacy/tails.md index 0f8e8570..76136479 100644 --- a/privacy/tails.md +++ b/privacy/tails.md @@ -63,8 +63,13 @@ This seems to arise because Tails sizes to the height of the screen, but there i Either remove the title bar altogether, or move the window upwards using ALT+drag. ### Persistent Volume -The persistence tools will not work because Tails has not been launched from USB. -The HVM disk(s) can be configured and mounted from within Tails to provide persistent storage. +The persistence tools will not work because Tails has not been launched from USB. +The HVM disk(s) can be configured and mounted from within Tails to provide persistent storage. +If you want to use an existing USB persistent volume: + - Interrupt the Tails vm boot process with arrow-up when the grub boot menu appears. + - In dom0 attach the USB drive containing the persistent volume to the Tails vm. + - Continue booting Tails: Tails-greeter will detect the encrypted partition on the attached USB. + - Unlock the persistent volume in Tails-greeter and use it as normal. ### Shutdown The Tails qube will not shut down cleanly.