If you need to format do it first in disk management. NOTE: Be sure to not check any of the formatting options or it will format the entire volume again, wiping all of your partitions. Run the universal USB installer with the following options. use FAT32 or exFAT for this partition (since linux doesn’t play well with NTFS). The second partition is for us to store files when we are livebooting. Yes, FAT32 will work best for the bootable section of this drive. We partitioned our 120GB flashdrive (you only need 8GB or so though) in the following manner.įirst partition is 12 gigs for the bootable kali instance (this is the only one you need). To do this, pop open run by pressing win+R, and type diskmgmt.msc. Partition your drive using disk management. Note: 64 bit will have a filename of amd64, this will work on Intel processors, don’t worry about it.ĭownload this universal USB installer from. Go here, download either the 64 bit or 32 bit image depending on your OS. This is a guide to allow you to quickly install Kali Linux onto a bootable flashdrive.

Kali linux universal usb installer