Linux Tips - Install Full Kali on a USB Drive (2022)

Amazing! I have been looking for a video like this one. I have a question, what makes this different than the "live USB with persistent storage" videos I see where they don't partition?

somethings to mention:
to make this work like in this video, it is IMPORTANT to remove ANY KIND of harddrive from ur computer, so you are only left with TWO USB (one with installer iso, one as install drive)
IF YOU DON'T DO THAT, IT WON'T INSTALL GRUB (Bootloader) ON THE USB!
It would requirea whole new guide to fix that with some deeper knowledge

It didn't create an EFI partition for me, it was just swap and ext4

I was told I needed 1 USB now I’m being told I need 2 and I just got back from Target. Ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

It works! Thank you

So could i just download Kali linux for my computer hard drive then select my USB for my so called 2 USB to download the kail linux to my USB?

Failed to install bootloader....any idea why?

TIP: I MUST emphasize for this to save new users trouble....you MUST use 2 usb drives. Install iso and use on one, install kali on the other when you get the install screen.

Is it possible to just use 1 usb like you would do with tails?

is it possible to use the internet instead of second usb drive ?

Thanks for this bro

감사합니다 도움됬습니다.~💯🔥<=^ㅗ^=> I think it's better to allocate more than 10GB of space for permanent partitions during installation

Had an issues saying simething like mounted failed

good instructions

I followed the instructions but afterwards when i try to boot from flash drive it just gives me a black screen after the linux icon shows what should i do

What if I forget and unplug the pedrive

What are the benefits of full usb install vs live with persistence install?

Just a tip for people without a USB second drive.... Use a Virtual Machine, add the USB as hardware to the virtual machine then flash the single USB you have.

what size need the usb stick needs to be ?

I just subscribed at the moment you mention that in the video

The wifi error its bc windows steals the wifi function when u have fast start, quit that option and it should work

HI i have a 1tb usb that i want to have the Kali on and a 8gb usb lying around, do i put the first installer file on the 8gb and then install linux on the 1tb one if thats the one i want to carry around?

As far wifi, I believe you will need to install the appropriate drivers. I was able to get the wifi connected through virtual box as a bridge connection and it worked. As far as getting the wifi thought live boot, bare metal etc you will need to find the wifi drivers from your laptop to Kali Linux

Thanks for showing how to install KALI LINUX from USB, helpful !

This worked up until the grub install where it failed to execute and has a fatal error. Is there a fix for this?

I tried this, and as other people have said here, it works on that computer, but doesn't come up on the boot many of other computers.

I ran the command you said which works, and creates the files you showed. Any ideas?

After trying to boot Kali from USB, been having a single flashing _ on screen, any help?

can a 32GB flash drive work

Great bro... Nice work thank's a lot.

Bro i wrongly click on install button but now i need windows10 what can i do bro

How you do the equal = command in usb flahs kali ? What you have type ?

I did same but still doesn't work on other PCs... By the way on my laptop it works perfectly.
I used for boot USB with Ventoy and not with Rufus (I think it's not a problem).
My laptop is on UEFI mode.

In /boot/efi/EFI/ there is two folders:
1. "BOOT" (which we added in this video to make external USB bootable on other devices). This "BOOT" folder includes "BOOTX64.efi" file.
2. "kali" folder which already existed with "grubx64.efi" file

So my question is: We need both of these folders? or we can delete old one ("kali") which already existed, because we added new one.

Will this kali linux bootable thumb drive work on a macOS system?

Dosent work

I click on use entire disk like you said and it installed the kali crap there where it was supposed to but here’s the thang it mad a 500mb “efi partition” but it didn’t put anything there but it did put it over my windows boot partition tho even tho that drive was not selected at all this is why Linux is a trash bad awful operating system I don’t care “””how good it is”””” is automatically bad if it does drastic stuff like say overwrite my windows boot partition if an operating system does stuff on its own like that is is garage straight up period end of deduction and Linux fanboy wonder why their trash ass is isn’t used as much people look at it for what it is (trash) and not want to use it cuz it does random shit like that also that IF key word IF you can get it to even install in the first place tldr Linux is bad cuz it is too much hassle and IF you can get it to work it does random crap it shouldn’t on its own

Ive had kali on a live thumb drive for years and all the sudden when I tried to update everything fails. Do I need to redownload with all the new updates? I would think that upgrade and update would do what it says

boot failed
what i need to do?

I select 80 gbs from my 256 for persistence but it take more than 4 hours and only gets half way formatting any idea why?

with KDE, where the thunar command doesn't work, how do I do the last part of the installation?

CAn you use wifi using the boot from the usb ?

Hello brother you think you can help me ? Im getting error : attempt to read or write outside disk hd0

Why it says no root file?

how many flash drives you have used?

I followed exactly, but i cant boot into USB after install? EUFI tries to boot into it after selecting it as priority, but it fails, and just goes to windows instead. If i only have the USB as a bootable drive, it fails and goes back to bios upon boot :( any help please?

Careful with that Rufus download. Threw my AV into a tizzy with all sorts of alerts on trojan horse and ransomware!⚠

Great video. Could you please make a guide on how to install Zorin on a flash drive/external SSD?.

can you make video for peppermint os?

I installed Kali 2022.4 as shown in the video but I would suggest using the OS version recommended to be used for a bootable pendrive (usb 3.2 64GB)as it was very slow on my computer. It makes sense as the installer used in this video is for a full computer not for a USB drive.