If you are new to linux take your time and work thru the commands slowly. You can now repeat the same steps on the other flash drive if you wish. If the persistence is missing, you did not select Live USB persistence or you misspelled the word "persistence" or you used the wrong ?sda/sdb/sdc? entries in the terminal window commands given above.
#How to format usb drive in kali linux update
Do not try and upgrade your persistent usb but you can update the existing files. If the text file is still there then the persistent feature is functioning. Reboot the computer(type reboot in the terminal window) Type ls in a terminal window and check to see that the file is saved. Applications leafpad or open a terminal window and type leafpad. Warning if you select Live (686-pae) you will not load any persistent data and the test for persistence will fail. !!!Select Live USB Persistence ONLY ( with up down arrows)!!! Reboot the computer from the usb you just enabled persistence on. You will use that in your commands belowĮcho "/ union" > /mnt/usb/nf Gparted will format the disk and when all operations successfully completed enter close Sit back and wait till the operations are all completed. Go to upper left-hand corner of the main gparted menu Do not misspell or alter caps or the persistence feature may not work. In the "Create new Partition" drop down menuĮnter the word persistence carefully. When you right click within the block a menu will appear. With the second FD in the gparted window right-click within the right-hand large unallocated rectangular block. To enable persistence we need to format the 11.74 unallocated space. In our example here the 8 gigabyte FD is providing the OS therefore we will enable persistence on the second 16 gig FD Having different sized FD will make the process easier as you can easily determine which FD is the operating system. In this example we used two(2) usb FD as follows:One(1) FD was an 8 gig and the second was a 16 gig. If no second usb FD is seen restart gparted and try again With one(1) FD as the OS plug in the second usb FD, use the same small rectangular window and select the up and down arrows till you see the second usb FD. You now know the designation of the usb FD acting as the operating system. You should see two(2) long rectangular blocks. Click on these arrows until you see the usb FD. In the upper right-hand corner of the gparted window you will see a small greyish rectangular block with the word /dev/? then a size in GiB and two(2) up-down arrows. Select Live (686-pae) with your up and down arrows and test to see that the Operating systems(OS) have basic functionality.īoot the computer with one(1) FD which will act as the OS Select it and select "write" then sit back and wait while the diskimager does it's work.Ģ. Once selected the Kali-Linux.iso file will appear. When you browse to the location of your Kali-linux 2.0.iso, change the "Files of Type" from "img" to *.* - select the down arrow across from "Files of Type" and you will get this selection in a drop-down menu. Download the latest Win32 if you wish, however older versions might work.Make sure Win32DiskImager is pointed at your usb flash drive. Install Kali-Linux onto the usb flash drive using Window and Win32DiskImager.exe(Win32). Use Kali 1.10a or kali2.0 as gparted is already included with the install. It might be easier if you have two(2) FD of different sizes but it is not necessary. Two(2) USB Flash Drives(FD) at least 8 gig in size.
#How to format usb drive in kali linux install
To solve this problem MTeams uses two(2) live USB FD easily made thru Windows and then employs one(1) FD to act as an operating system and install the persistence on the second FD.ģ. For Windows only users looking for persistence, this is like making a chicken before the egg. Windows can make a live install of Kali-Linux on a usb FD however it requires a Linux operating system to install the persistence. This method outlined has been tested in Musket Team labs and works just fine. We have seen comments in these forums that this cannot work. The following method allows a Windows only user with no Linux operating system available to make a Persistent USB install of Kali Linux.