

Unlike Balena Etcher, this utility contains many more options and can be a little confusing if you are not keen. You can use it to burn both Windows and Linux ISO files on a USB drive. It's a free and open-source tool available for Windows systems. Rufus ( Reliable USB Formatting Utility, with Source) is another utility you can use to create a bootable USB drive. Method-2: Create Kali Linux Bootable USB Drive with Rufus When done, you will get the message " Complete!" on your Etcher window. The flashing process might take quite some time please be patient. When done, click the Flash button to start writing the image to the USB drive.

Next Select target to select the target USB drive which you wish to make bootable.

Use Flash from file option and choose the downloaded ISO file (in our case, it's Kali Linux ISO) which you want to burn on your USB drive.Īlternatively, you can use the " Flash from URL" option, and Balena will download the file as it writes it to the USB drive. When you first launch Etcher, you will see a window similar to the one below. With recent releases, Linux users can utilize the AppImage file instead of directly installing the application. To get started, install Etcher and launch it from the applications menu. In this post, we are running Etcher on Linux (Debian 10).

The tool is free and open-source available for Windows, Linux, and macOS. Method-1: Create Kali Linux Bootable USB Drive with Balena Etcherīalena Etcher is a famous tool used to create a bootable USB drive for Linux ISO files.
