Same problem here, Win32 Disk Imager, nor any other live USB creator I have tried will recognize the distro download as an ISO. Would appreciate any help - thanks!
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I've tried a few times and no matter what option I select I can't get KALI running. I've tried a few USB sticks, and an SD card, but no matter what I do, I always get the same message.
"the CD-ROM does not seem to contain a valid 'Release'..."
I installed Backtrack5 with no issue, but nothing I do seems to get KALI running..
Is this a known issue with the install? Google comes at me with a few others asking for help on the issue, but nothing seems to get me through..
I find it very funny BTW that the method proposed in several posts, leads to a windows app.. :) Irony seems to be lost on posters. Ha.
Used dd command on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. Appeared to work with sudo. On some machines the USB will not begin boot, on another it says isolinux.bin missing. Its a 16 gig usb. Have used Linux for seven or more years with dozens of distro installs from CD to USB. Never had these issues with unetbootin. Since I am following directions I am unsure what the problem is. Any help?
thanks a lot broh..
hey,
i downloaded the 64 bit *.iso from http://www.kali.org/downloads/ first with Google Chrome and then with Internet Explorer. I tried several USB-Sticks and a lot of tools for creating a bootable USB-Stick (unetbootin, rufus, universal-USB-Installer, LinuxLive USB Creator, dd and of course the win32diskImager) and it won't work.
When I start my pc I can select the USB-Stick in the boot-menu but the stick doesn't boot. Instead of booting the linux live system, Windows starts. If I deactivate booting from the HDD in the Bios, nothing happens. I tried it with two computers: a 5 year old pc (Windows 7) and my new laptop of the samsung series 9 (Windows 8).
The *.iso is not damaged I think, 'cause it works in VirtualBox...
So can anyone of you help me or has an idea how to get it work?
Hope for anwers!
thanks a lot!:D
Question: Downloaded the mini iso to create a live-USB but when the stick boots, it only gives me the options to install, and not to run as live. Kali 1.05 64 bit mini iso downloaded. Thanks folks.
for some reason my computer wont boot past "verifying dmi data pool" on a usb stick. I'v tried different tools for creating the the live usb; rusuf, uui, lili, even the win32 image creator recommended in the tutorial (this one corrupted my usb stick). iv successfully booted different versions of linux on my system already both from usb stick and dvd's but kali just doesnt seem to load past that screen. iv tried booting it on my computer at work which is intel based and i use the amd64 iso and it worked perfectly.
any advice/help is greatfully appreciated.
system: amd mobo dual core 2.3ghz, 4g ram and nvidia graphx card currently running win8 and BT5.