Making a bootable USB flash drive for Kali Linux

[Trenix25]

debian is known for breaking. but I think you are using a screw driver to hammer nails here. But you have the freedom to not listen to experts and go your own way. But maybe you forgot fedora and ubuntu are great for what you want. Feel free to close your mind that is your right. But I feel you will end up spending more time keeping things working than with other distros. Feel free to prove me wrong, I like to learn.

Oh please, I'm not closing my mind. I'm trying to broaden my horizons. I want to study pentesting and pentesting distros already have the tools available so I don't have to do all of the work of installing them in another Linux distro.

Signed,

Matthew Campbell

 

[dos2unix]

Kali does a "live" USB version. You could just boot from that.
No installer necessary. I'm booted from a Kali USB as I type this.
You just burn the iso to the USB and you're done.

 

[Condobloke]

Well, I have learned something today. Debian is known for breaking. Imagine that.

I think I prefer.... "
""With Debian you'll surely have no random issues, Debian is stable system.""

Yes, that feels more real.

 

[CaffeineAddict]

@Trenix25
How to create bootable Kali USB:

Step 1:
Download proper image: https://www.kali.org/get-kali/#kali-installer-images
Either "Netinstaller" or "Installer" depending on whether you'll have internet during installation or not and whether you want full install or manual installation procedure.

Also download SHA sum (it's on same page) and save it into SHA256sum.txt, the contents for netinstaller should be

b519437fcdc850ecd8a2136819bc0fdabe68f32042ef979bff5adaa148364789 kali-linux-2024.4-installer-netinst-amd64.iso

Step 2:
Verify SHA sum

cd /path/to/iso_and_shasum
sha256sum -c SHA256sum.txt

Step 3:
Plug in USB stick if not already plugged in, and find device name and partitions if any with and sudo fdisk --list and lsblk

Step 4:
Unmount USB if it's mounted, assuming there is "sdc1" partition that's mounted, otherwise ignore it (see output of df -h):

sudo umount /dev/sdc1

Step 5:
Wipe USB, assuming from step 2 device name is /dev/sdc

sudo fdisk /dev/sdc
o
w

Step 6:
Copy downloaded ISO to USB, replace "kali.iso" with downloaded ISO name
Note that you must dd directly to device, e.g. sdX not to sdXn

sudo dd if=kali.iso of=/dev/sdc
sync

Reboot and boot from USB.
Note that you'll likely need to have SB enabled in BIOS.

 

[APTI]

Well, I have learned something today. Debian is known for breaking. Imagine that.

I think I prefer.... "
""With Debian you'll surely have no random issues, Debian is stable system.""

Yes, that feels more real.

In my field I run into many things. When it comes to Linux, the ones I find with the most need of work are raspian(Debian) which seems to break easily, and Mint (usually physical computer issue or user problem). So I will stand behind my statement. But to put it into perspective, debian seems to break 300% more than others. What does that mean. It means that if Linux breaks 0.2% of the time, then debian seems to break 0.6%, still far better than windoze but my experience is that I end up working to fix debian more than anything else. But this does not help the guy looking for kali.

 

[APTI]

Oh please, I'm not closing my mind. I'm trying to broaden my horizons. I want to study pentesting and pentesting distros already have the tools available so I don't have to do all of the work of installing them in another Linux distro.

Signed,

Matthew Campbell

I am not going to bother since your mind is made up without the option to look beyond. That is your right but I will be unfollowing this because you seem to have the overtone of fighting and I am not going to fight over something like this. Do what you think is best for you.

 

[CaffeineAddict]

But to put it into perspective, debian seems to break 300% more than others.

LOL, that must be because you're in between the chair and keyboard?

 

[APTI]

LOL, that must be because you're in between the chair and keyboard?

guess that it takes one to know one. you are also the problem between keyboard and chair. I left this thread because of the bull sh*t on it. if you want to pile on and attack somebody, go ahead and find another. I left this thread for a reason, don't go pulling me back in for your pointless stupid attack. I am sorry you feel bad that debian has more issues than most other distros, but attacking me won't change the facts.

 

[Rob]

Locking this thread - let's remember that the mods/admins here aren't running a daycare.

If you guys want to bring it back to topic and try again, please make a new thread.