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 potentially persistent - with a bit of extra effort, you can configure your Kali Linux “live” USB drive to have persistent storage, so the data you collect is saved across reboots.

It’s customizable - you can roll your own custom Kali Linux ISO image and put it onto a USB drive using the same procedures.

It’s portable - you can carry Kali Linux in your pocket and have it running in minutes on an available system.

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.It is also marginally faster on the creation of Linux bootable USB from ISOs.One of the fastest method, for getting up and running with Kali Linux is to run it “live” from a USB drive. For instance it's about twice as fast as UNetbootin, Universal USB Installer or Windows 7 USB download tool, on the creation of a Windows 7 USB installation drive from an ISO. Non exhaustive list of ISOs Rufus is known to work with:Īrch Linux, Archbang, BartPE/pebuilder, CentOS, Damn Small Linux, Fedora, FreeDOS, Gentoo, gNewSense, Hiren's Boot CD, LiveXP, Knoppix, Kubuntu, Linux Mint, NT Password Registry Editor, OpenSUSE, Parted Magic, Slackware, Tails, Trinity Rescue Kit, Ubuntu, Ultimate Boot CD, Windows XP (SP2 or later), Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, Windows 11, etc. you need to flash a BIOS or other firmware from DOSĭespite its small size, Rufus provides everything you need!.you need to work on a system that doesn't have an OS installed.

you need to create USB installation media from bootable ISOs (Windows, Linux, UEFI, etc.).It can be especially useful for cases where: Rufus is a small utility that helps format and create bootable USB flash drives, such as USB keys/pendrives, memory sticks, etc.

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