Ubuntu – Make USB bootable for kali linux

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I am using Ubuntu 14.04LTS. I want to make a bootable usb stick using kali iso image file for Kali Linux installation. I tried following ways:

  1. unetbootin-linux-608 – it is just writing 4 text files and then asking for reboot without writing files.

  2. I also tried http://docs.kali.org/downloading/kali-linux-live-usb-install. It created the live usb with 3.2GB data, but when i am rebooting by selecting pen drive as boot device, it is not loading rather Ubuntu is booting up.

  3. Startup Disk Creator – but giving same problem as mentioned here

Can anybody please suggest me proper way/tool to create bootable pen drive.

Best Answer

I've had similar problems as you with Unetbootin. Give it a try with the dd utility instead.

First make sure that the usb-drive is not mounted.

Get the usb device name with:

lsblk

And then use the dd command like this to create the bootable usb:

sudo dd bs=4M if=/path/to/your.iso of=/dev/xxx && sync

Replace /dev/xxx with your usb device name. (Do NOT append a partition number, for example like this /dev/sdb1).

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