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tails-installer(1) tails-installer(1)

NAME

tails-installer - installs a LiveCD ISO onto a USB stick

SYNOPSIS

tails-installer [OPTIONS] [FILE]
    

OPTIONS

-c, --console

Use console mode instead of the GUI.

-f, --force

Force the use of a given drive.

-s, --safe

Use the "safe, slow and stupid" bootloader.

-n, --noverify

Skip checksum verification.

-v, --verbose

Output extra debugging messages.

-u, --unprivileged

Allow not being root.

-k, --extra-kernel-args

Supply extra kernel arguments. E.g. -k noswap,selinux=0,elevator=noop.

-x, --no-xo

Disable OLPC support.

-m, --reset-mbr

Reset the Master Boot Record.

-C, --device-checksum

Calculate the SHA1 of the device.

-L, --liveos-checksum

Calculate the SHA1 of the Live OS.

-H, --hash

Use a specific checksum algorithm (default: sha1).

--clone

Clone the currently running Live system.

-P, --partition

Partition the device.

FILE

Optionally specify path to ISO file.

AUTHORS

This manual page was written by intrigeri <intrigeri@boum.org>.
February 2, 2012 tails-installer user manual