We recommend Etcher (installer or portable) as it is simpler to use, however Rufus is another popular option with its advance options. If you’re running under Windows, there is not one tool that is considered the overall best for imaging. What You’ll NeedĪ verified copy of the appropriate ISO image of the latest Kali build image for the system you’ll be running it on. The specifics of this procedure will vary depending on whether you’re doing it on a Linux, macOS/OS X, or Windows system. In order to do this, we first need to create a bootable USB drive which has been set up from an ISO image of Kali Linux.
It’s non-destructive - it makes no changes to the host system’s hard drive or installed OS, and to go back to normal operations, you simply remove the Kali Live USB drive and restart the system.One of the fastest method, for getting up and running with Kali Linux is to run it “live” from a USB drive.
