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Document that Sandisk Cruzer Orbit 32gb stick hangs at installation time

Apparently, some SanDisk sticks (Sandisk Cruzer Orbit 32gb), hang at installation time, here is a more complete description of the issue:

I made a bootable usb with Windows (pendrivelinux).
This usb stick is a Kingston Datatraveler 2.0 32gb.
I then booted into my laptop using the Kingston, so far so good.
Everything else works.
Since I want to make a persistent volume, I have to use the Tails Installer.
I insert another usb stick into the pc.
This stick is a Sandisk Cruzer Orbit 32gb.
For some reason, the Tails Installer progress simply stopped at 98%.
And by stopped, I meant I waited more than 60 mins and nothing happens (but the system is running just fine).
To be more specific, it stopped after “installing bootloader” and “unmounting mounted filesystems on /dev/xxx”

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