I’d like to install/run Kicksecure from my “EAGET USB 3.2 Solid State Pen Drive” as described here. (Im not set on Kicksecure, just read about it on privacyguides; open for suggestions! I just want something … well secure and easy to use.
… However, my Windows PC does not recognize the USB with Debian as a bootable medium.
What I did:
- Download debian-live-12.5.0-amd64-xfce
- Flash it to USB with balenaEtcher
- Try to boot from it in all possible ways
I also tried other Linux distributions like Mint and Ubuntu … nothing gets recognized on that USB, expect Tails. After it recognizes it as UEFI OS and I select Harddisk Mode.
Tails is amazing, love it! But I just don’t really need Tor, and mostly I need to use an App that will simply not connect via the Tor network and cannot be configured to do so.
Thank you very much 😊
Edit: Not everything can boot on windows I guess. But in my case Ubuntu suddenly could after turning off the PC and remove it from its power source.
I’m sorry but I’m not sure how to help further because I don’t know enough about how tails booting is different from how Mint boots.
ok, appreciate your time and insight. thanks!
ah crazy, i made it work with Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS!
For some reason i had to unplug the PC before restarting. Then it got found as UEFI and could boot.
The full installation on the USB was a bit dirty, as i put the Live Ubuntu in a Virtual Machine and installed it from there. So i typed the full disk encryption and login passwords in Windows … but I wont be too paranoid about that one now 😅
Look into Windows Fast Startup I think that was the cause. (It will bug you in the future if you want to dual boot linux)