I had previously used downloads/releases that were made specifically for the Virtual Box platform and wanted to make sure to use the correct ISO for this project. You can find more information on this application and buy it directly from the link below.Īfter installing the application, I then went to the website and downloaded a live ISO to use with this project.
Unlike other tools, bootable USB drives created with Mac Linux USB Loader can be booted on your Mac, don’t require formatting your drive, and they even work on certain PCs as well.” “What is Mac Linux USB Loader? Mac Linux USB Loader allows you to create bootable live USB drives for Ubuntu and other Linux® distributions without burning a CD. I am not going to simply copy and re-post the exact steps included in the link so feel free to click and read if you’re interested in doing something like this yourself.Īfter reformatting my USB drive to the requisite MS-DOS (FAT) format I followed the next steps and used Mac Linux USB loader to help create the bootable drive.Įxcerpt taken From the sevenbits website: How to boot a linux live usb drive on your mac I wanted to give myself a project as a break from studying for the CompTIA A+ certification and decided that learning how to use a live version of Kali Linux booted from a USB drive would be a good start.Īfter some searching I found the article linked below and thought it was useful and straightforward enough to follow:
