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Feature #11679

Rethink the installation process and upgrade process

Added by Dr_Whax about 2 years ago. Updated 9 months ago.

Status:
Resolved
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
anonym
Category:
Installation
Target version:
2018
Start date:
08/20/2016
Due date:
% Done:

100%

QA Check:
Feature Branch:
Type of work:
Research
Blueprint:

https://tails.boum.org/blueprint/usb_install_and_upgrade/

Starter:
Affected tool:

Description

team: intrigeri, anonym, segfault, sajolida, u

Related issues

Related to Tails - Feature #5929: Create encrypted persistent volume by default for plausible deniability Confirmed 08/20/2016
Related to Tails - Feature #11627: Consider updating the default system partition's size Resolved 08/10/2016
Related to Tails - Feature #12705: Update the size of the system partition to >= 4 GiB Resolved 06/15/2017
Related to Tails - Feature #7496: Make it possible to verify the integrity of a device created by Tails Installer In Progress 07/06/2014
Related to Tails - Feature #14624: Document how to migrate persistence to a new USB stick or update the system partitions of an existing device Confirmed 09/12/2017
Related to Tails - Feature #15123: Rethink the "ISO image" terminology Resolved 12/27/2017
Related to Tails - Bug #13206: Install by cloning sometimes silently fails from a stick installed with UUI Rejected 09/29/2017
Related to Tails - Feature #6560: UEFI Secure boot Confirmed 01/02/2014
Related to Tails - Feature #15281: Stack one single SquashFS diff when upgrading In Progress 03/07/2014

Associated revisions

Revision df350b19 (diff)
Added by intrigeri 9 months ago

Update blueprints (refs: #11679)

History

#1 Updated by Dr_Whax about 2 years ago

#2 Updated by Dr_Whax about 2 years ago

#3 Updated by Dr_Whax about 2 years ago

  • Blocks Feature #9798: Have Tails Installer verify the ISO image using OpenPGP added

#4 Updated by Dr_Whax about 2 years ago

  • Related to Feature #5929: Create encrypted persistent volume by default for plausible deniability added

#5 Updated by sajolida about 2 years ago

  • Related to Feature #11627: Consider updating the default system partition's size added

#6 Updated by anonym almost 2 years ago

For Raspberry Pi there are Raspbian SD card images that "repairs" the static partition table on first boot so the full disk becomes available. If we added the same functionality to Tails we could perhaps transform our Tails ISOs to such images to make installation easier. We should look at:

Thanks to $someone I met at 33c3 for suggesting this!

#7 Updated by intrigeri almost 2 years ago

For Raspberry Pi there are Raspbian SD card images that "repairs" the static partition table on first boot so the full disk becomes available.

Good. See also cloud-init in Debian. And all cloud platforms provide their own similar thing.

#8 Updated by intrigeri over 1 year ago

IIRC, next step is to schedule a sprint about it. Adding it to the summit agenda.

#9 Updated by intrigeri over 1 year ago

  • Related to Feature #12705: Update the size of the system partition to >= 4 GiB added

#10 Updated by BitingBird about 1 year ago

  • Description updated (diff)
  • Target version changed from 2017 to 2018

#11 Updated by intrigeri about 1 year ago

  • Related to Feature #7496: Make it possible to verify the integrity of a device created by Tails Installer added

#12 Updated by sajolida about 1 year ago

  • Related to Feature #14624: Document how to migrate persistence to a new USB stick or update the system partitions of an existing device added

#13 Updated by intrigeri 11 months ago

  • Blocks Bug #12146: Tails installed using dd is not seen as a bootable device on MacBook Pro added

#14 Updated by u 10 months ago

  • Description updated (diff)

#15 Updated by u 10 months ago

  • Related to Feature #15123: Rethink the "ISO image" terminology added

#16 Updated by intrigeri 9 months ago

  • Related to Bug #13206: Install by cloning sometimes silently fails from a stick installed with UUI added

#17 Updated by intrigeri 9 months ago

#18 Updated by anonym 9 months ago

  • Feature Branch set to https://tails.boum.org/blueprint/usb_install_and_upgrade/ https://tails.boum.org/blueprint/Endless_upgrades/

#19 Updated by intrigeri 9 months ago

  • Feature Branch deleted (https://tails.boum.org/blueprint/usb_install_and_upgrade/ https://tails.boum.org/blueprint/Endless_upgrades/)
  • Blueprint set to https://tails.boum.org/blueprint/usb_install_and_upgrade/

#20 Updated by intrigeri 9 months ago

#21 Updated by intrigeri 9 months ago

  • Related to Feature #15281: Stack one single SquashFS diff when upgrading added

#22 Updated by intrigeri 9 months ago

#23 Updated by intrigeri 9 months ago

  • Blocks deleted (Feature #9798: Have Tails Installer verify the ISO image using OpenPGP)

#24 Updated by intrigeri 9 months ago

  • Status changed from Confirmed to Resolved
  • % Done changed from 0 to 100

#25 Updated by intrigeri 9 months ago

  • Blocks deleted (Bug #12146: Tails installed using dd is not seen as a bootable device on MacBook Pro)

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