I upgraded to Tails 1.6 and when I was asked to restart I did. Now it goes past the boot menu but then gets stuck at the "Could not configure system time screen". Failsafe mode ends with: "Begin: Running /scripts/init-premount ..."
Any ideas what the problem might be?
Hey everyone! I have a very easy fix for this issue that only involved one extra flash drive. The same thing happened with me, and now I can pass on what I have learned.
Credit to /u/ziz1 for all his fantastic help on this issue.
Do you have a persistent partition that you need to access?
If so, backup your current Tails USB with persistence before proceeding:
If you are a Windows user, you can use this program to make a backup image of your entire Tails USB including persistence:
http://www.alexpage.de/usb-image-tool/download/
Download and verify the new 1.6 Tails ISO file.
Install it to a 2nd blank USB using Rufus:
http://rufus.akeo.ie/
Use the default values, except:
Change the drop down for "bootable disk using" from FreeDOS to ISO Image.
Click on the button to the right of the ISO image and select the Tails ISO from the file manager.
READY should be displayed near the bottom of the Rufus window.
Hit Start.
(Let it download any updates that it needs.)
Boot Tails from the 2nd USB.
Insert the 1st USB.
Do Applications > Tails > Tails Installer > Clone & Upgrade.
(It is very important that you select Clone & Upgrade. If you select Clone & Install it will wipe out your persistent partition.)
Select the 1st USB with persistence from the drop down and hit Install.
Once it is finished, shutdown Tails from the top right power icon.
Remove the 2nd USB and try booting from your original Tails USB.