Kali/Persistent USB: Difference between revisions
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Start with your Kali USB drive. See [[Kali/Live USB]] for details. | Start with your Kali USB drive. See [[Kali/Live USB]] for details. | ||
=Instructions= | |||
Following the instructions here: http://docs.kali.org/downloading/kali-linux-live-usb-persistence | Following the instructions here: http://docs.kali.org/downloading/kali-linux-live-usb-persistence | ||
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Once we create the partition, we'll format it as an ext3 file system, then create a persistence.conf file to make it usable by Kali as a persistent partition. | Once we create the partition, we'll format it as an ext3 file system, then create a persistence.conf file to make it usable by Kali as a persistent partition. | ||
==Find Your Disk== | |||
Start by listing disks. On Linux, | Start by listing disks. On Linux, | ||
Revision as of 22:23, 31 March 2016
Start with your Kali USB drive. See Kali/Live USB for details.
Instructions
Following the instructions here: http://docs.kali.org/downloading/kali-linux-live-usb-persistence
This assumes you've installed the Kali image onto a USB drive. This process will create two partitions. This will be our starting point.
Below, we are creating a new partition to store persistent data. This persistent partition will start right above the second partition (the Kali Live partition). These partitions take up about 3 GB, so the persistent partition will be about N - 3 (where N is the size, in GB, of your jump drive).
Once we create the partition, we'll format it as an ext3 file system, then create a persistence.conf file to make it usable by Kali as a persistent partition.
Find Your Disk
Start by listing disks. On Linux,
$ fdisk -l
Look for the USB drive. Should be at /dev/sdb.
On Mac,
$ diskutil list
The USB drive should be at /dev/disk1 or /dev/disk2.
Create Persistent Partition
Now we will create a partition on the USB drive, which will store persistent data.
Before
Here is what the disks look like before:
root@kali:~# fdisk -l Disk /dev/sda: 232.9 GiB, 250059350016 bytes, 488397168 sectors Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disklabel type: gpt Disk identifier: 14F3CA11-2903-4ABB-B891-5C4584781D0D Device Start End Sectors Size Type /dev/sda1 40 409639 409600 200M EFI System /dev/sda2 409640 194715871 194306232 92.7G Apple HFS/HFS+ /dev/sda3 194715872 195985407 1269536 619.9M Apple HFS/HFS+ /dev/sda4 195985408 488134983 292149576 139.3G Apple HFS/HFS+ Disk /dev/sdb: 14.5 GiB, 15512174592 bytes, 30297216 sectors Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disklabel type: dos Disk identifier: 0x0a9a1b1a Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type /dev/sdb1 * 64 6324223 6324160 3G 17 Hidden HPFS/NTFS /dev/sdb2 6324224 6485375 161152 78.7M 1 FAT12 Disk /dev/loop0: 2.8 GiB, 2969686016 bytes, 5800168 sectors Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Create Partition
Now we create the partition:
root@kali:~# end=7gb root@kali:~# read start _ < <(du -bcm /root/mac/Users/charles/Downloads/torrent/kali-linux-2.0-amd64/kali-linux-2.0-amd64.iso | tail -1); echo $start; parted /dev/sdb mkpart primary $start $end 3167 Warning: You requested a partition from 3167MB to 7000MB (sectors 6185546..13671875). The closest location we can manage is 3321MB to 7000MB (sectors 6485376..13671875). Is this still acceptable to you? Yes/No? y Warning: The resulting partition is not properly aligned for best performance. Ignore/Cancel? Ignore Information: You may need to update /etc/fstab.
After
Here is what the disks look like after. There is a new /dev/sdb3 partition:
root@kali:~# fdisk -l Disk /dev/sda: 232.9 GiB, 250059350016 bytes, 488397168 sectors Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disklabel type: gpt Disk identifier: 14F3CA11-2903-4ABB-B891-5C4584781D0D Device Start End Sectors Size Type /dev/sda1 40 409639 409600 200M EFI System /dev/sda2 409640 194715871 194306232 92.7G Apple HFS/HFS+ /dev/sda3 194715872 195985407 1269536 619.9M Apple HFS/HFS+ /dev/sda4 195985408 488134983 292149576 139.3G Apple HFS/HFS+ Disk /dev/sdb: 14.5 GiB, 15512174592 bytes, 30297216 sectors Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disklabel type: dos Disk identifier: 0x0a9a1b1a Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type /dev/sdb1 * 64 6324223 6324160 3G 17 Hidden HPFS/NTFS /dev/sdb2 6324224 6485375 161152 78.7M 1 FAT12 /dev/sdb3 6485376 13671875 7186500 3.4G 83 Linux Disk /dev/loop0: 2.8 GiB, 2969686016 bytes, 5800168 sectors Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Make Filesystem
Now make a filesystem, and label it what you will (here, persistence):
mkfs.ext3 -L persistence /dev/sdb3 e2label /dev/sdb3 persistence
Mount Point
Last step is to create a mount point for the persistent partition. Then mount the partition, create a persistence config file in the partition, and unmount it.
root@kali:~# mkdir -p /mnt/usbdrive root@kali:~# mount /dev/sdb3 /mnt/usbdrive root@kali:~# echo "/ union" > /mnt/usbdrive/persistence.conf root@kali:~# unmount /dev/sdb3
