
Simply select the ISO file you previously downloaded and the appropriate drive letter.Īfter the flashing process is complete, you can safely eject the USB and use it to boot Kali Linux. Etcher is a free utility for burning ISO files to disk and USB. In this example our USB is mounted as drive “F:\”.įlash the ISO image with Etcher. Make a note of the drive letter that your drive uses once it mounts. Creating a Bootable Kali USB Drive on Mac OSĬreating a Bootable Kali USB Drive on WindowsĬonnect your USB thumb drive to the system and make sure it can store at least 4GB of data.Install Kali Linux on Bootable USB using Windows.The instructions will vary slightly depending on your host OS.

Once your download is complete we can go ahead and start the installation process. If you are unsure you will usually be safe with the 32-bit (i386) version.

If you will be primarily using your USB thumb drive on 64-bit architectures you can grab the x86_64 version. Get the appropriate architecture for the target system. Go ahead and start the download as it will take some time on slower connections. If you would install Kali Linux locally, check out our tutorial on Installing Kali Linux in VirtualBox.

Today we will be creating a Kali Linux bootable USB.
