cant burn Kali linux to a live boot stick

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I have been using BalenaEtcher to burn Kali to a stick which I can just work off, however upon the finish I just a failed message and then a warning that the checksum is wrong. I dont understand why or how this happens.
 


Did you check your download to make sure it was good?
Try a different stick they do go bad sometimes.
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I would also advise that Kali is not for those new to Linux if your not experienced with Linux Kali is not the right distro for you.
 
Did you check your download to make sure it was good?
Try a different stick they do go bad sometimes.

I would also advise that Kali is not for those new to Linux if your not experienced with Linux Kali is not the right distro for you.
I have used Linux before, used Mint and Zorin. I have burned to sticks before (not live boot though) not had issues, how can there be a problem with the checksum issue if i got it directly off the website?
 
it simply tells you that the download is corrupted in some way. Experience will tell you that. (either that or your usb stick is kaput)

Download it via a torrent file
 
I have used Linux before, used Mint and Zorin. I have burned to sticks before (not live boot though) not had issues, how can there be a problem with the checksum issue if i got it directly off the website?
Well downloads can be bad too. So re download and check the checksum before burning.
 
The various 'genuine websites' also advise you check the checksum etc and provide you with the means to do so
 
it simply tells you that the download is corrupted in some way. Experience will tell you that. (either that or your usb stick is kaput)

Download it via a torrent file
USB stick is brand new out the box
 
Well downloads can be bad too. So re download and check the checksum before burning.
I got them off the same site I always do, not some random one, unless thats been highjacked.
 
I got them off the same site I always do, not some random one, unless thats been highjacked.
was the checksum good? Try a different iso burner.
 
how can there be a problem with the checksum issue if i got it directly off the website?
The slightest glitch in transmission across thousands of miles of cable and through multiple servers can cause a corruption to happen, it isn't often but nonetheless does happen, try downloading again when your location is at its lowest usage [late night/early morning]
 
The slightest glitch in transmission across thousands of miles of cable and through multiple servers can cause a corruption to happen, it isn't often but nonetheless does happen, try downloading again when your location is at its lowest usage [late night/early morning]
wow, thats crazy
 
wow, thats crazy
Why how much cable would you need [and connections] to connect just to your regular sites, Packet routing is the quickest although complicated way,
As an example, If i want to connect to a company server in the US it may look something like this my computer>my router my isp server> international server> government monitoring servers> national routing server> regional routing server> target US server,
learn a bit more... search international routing
 
Creating live USB from ISO with dd command

Here’s the example with Linux Mint 22 and the command for flashing of the ISO:

sudo dd if="linuxmint-22-cinnamon-64bit.iso" of=/dev/sdX status=progress conv=fsync

where /dev/sdX the X is where your USB is actually located such as sdc or sdb and so forth - you can use the lsblk command in the terminal to find out your USB Location
 
@GatorsFan
Question, why is fsync needed, why not just fdatasync?
I understand the later also writes metadata, but why is that needed? will boot loader complain if metadata is missing?
 
@GatorsFan
Question, why is fsync needed, why not just fdatasync?
I understand the later also writes metadata, but why is that needed? will boot loader complain if metadata is missing?
There is really not much difference between the two except for how each cache's the files; fsync guarantees that the file's modification time will be updated, fdatasync does not; it guarantees only that the file's data will be written. This means that in principal, fdatasync can execute faster than fsync because it needs to force only one disk write instead of two that fsync does. I just prefer fsync because of this
 
There does not appear to be any other places anyway that are not just "free download here" that I wont touch.

That is a wise thought. I'll give a couple of further options.

https://distrowatch.com/

many of the options there take you through sourceforge to download, which is reliable. You can also read Linux news there, reviews and so on.

We have a downloads page here

https://www.linux.org/pages/download/

and it links to current safe sites, let us know of any broken or obsolete links.

Wiz
 

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