Kali Linux USB

creating a bootable Kali Linux USB

First we install the iso we downloaded here and install it using unetbootin.

unetbootin

For the Diskimage we select our ISO, and the right USB drive we want to install it to, and click OK.

Now, because unetbootin creates some false entries, we have to edit the syslinux.cfg using our favorite texteditor.(here e.g. vim)

vim /media/myusb/syslinux.cfg

and edit the entries like the following:

label ubnentry1
menu label ^Live (forensic mode)
kernel /live/vmlinuz
append initrd=/live/initrd.img boot=live noconfig=sudo username=root hostname=kali noswap noautomount

label ubnentry2
menu label ^Live USB Encrypted Persistence    (check kali.org/prst)
kernel /live/vmlinuz
append initrd=/initrd.img boot=live persistent=cryptsetup persistence-encryption=luks noconfig=sudo username=root hostname=kali persistence

label ubnentry3
menu label Install with ^speech synthesis
kernel /live/vmlinuz
append initrd=/initrd.img video=vesa:ywrap,mtrr vga=788 speakup.synth=soft -- quiet

label ubnentry4
menu label ^Hardware Detection Tool (HDT)
kernel /live/vmlinuz
append initrd=/initrd.img

label ubnentry5
menu label ^Graphical install
kernel /install/gtk/vmlinuz
append initrd=/install/gtk/initrd.gz video=vesa:ywrap,mtrr vga=788 -- quiet

label ubnentry6
menu label ^Text install
kernel /install/vmlinuz
append initrd=/install/initrd.gz vga=788 -- quiet

label ubnentry7
menu label ^Back..
kernel /install/vmlinuz
append initrd=/initrd.img