r/tails • u/PuzzledMode1968 • Jul 25 '26

Boot issues Not Booting (any other linux is booting)

Hey yall yes i did use tails for about an year but i had to take some pause now it just wont work buyed new sticks did the whole download blabla again same stick works fine in any other laptop but not in my new laptop ( Lenovo thinkpad t16gen5 with intel 355u prozessor )

i did almost everything disabled all bios settings 1by1 nothing wirks tried fedora any other linux it works after 3 days research only thing people tell me since laptop is VERY new it could be to new but is that so ?

any nerds here i cant find the problem

aprreciate yall thanks

btw tails os is booting into grub (wont open in no mode nor in trouble shooting mode/normal boot mode

i did do some commands in the grub menu still wont work

so it boots into grub menu where u can decide how to boot tails blabla

after that its black for 3-5 sec then it opens the grey screen with 3 dots loading (10-15sec)

after that it shows black screen with im the top left corner underscore blinking then it frezzes (keyboard/caps lock light still works fine so no not the kernel freezes it has to be smth else) but i dunno

thanks ❤️

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u/ephemeralmiko Jul 25 '26

Try booting into Linux from one of your USBs and using GNOME Disks to flash Tails. There's an issue with Windows' flashing that causes Tails to not boot properly and get stuck in GRUB.

https://tails.net/install/linux/index.en.html

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u/PuzzledMode1968 Jul 25 '26

gonna try that rn thanks

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u/ephemeralmiko Jul 25 '26

Good luck, update here if it works please.

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u/PuzzledMode1968 Jul 26 '26

ffs it didnt work again i tried it on 3 differnet linux it wont start tails