Kali Live with Persistence 2018.2 apt-get upgrade takes too long

Hello guys,

I am running Kali Live with persistence on my Asus n550jk - intel i7 - Kingston 32 gb USB 3.0 usb drive - 16 GB ram.

It tool literally about 9 hours to complete ?apt-get upgrade? command. Espacially in ?Unpacking new versions on old versions.?. First of all is it normal to take 9 hours?

I did not install any other program after re-installation, I suspect my Kali does not make use of USB 3.0 support or 16GB ram or intel i7 core. Is there a way to make sure my Kali Live with persistence uses all of my Asus N550JK laptops abilities?

Thanks in advance.

I had the same issue, I thought maybe it was to do with sharing the usb ports with the usb kali stick, my wireless ap, and my mouse. I now just save what I need to save in a folder on the desktop and re-install the weekly image every 3 weeks or month...goes pretty quick once you have done it a few times. Keeps everything fresh! Also I hate troubleshooting for hours lol. I would say try a usb slot on the other side of the laptop or disconnect another usb device to see if that is an issue, I am sure your usb drive or system is not the issue. Fast usb memory makes it much better experience for install or update!

I just had the same issue with kali 2018.3a encrypted persistence but I had some interesting results... I first did an install on a SanDisk 64GB USB 3.0 thumbdrive that I bought sometime in early 2017 and it worked great - installed fine, very snappy, no issues with anything.

Then I got the idea to buy a brand new high capacity, high speed thumbdrive (Patriot Supersonic Rage 2 256GB) as I thought it would be even better, but that's where I encountered the problem. Installation and persistence went fine, but as soon as I booted into the encrypted persistence environment and started running, I noticed everything was EXTREMELY slow on the new drive. I tried doing an apt update/apt upgrade but it literally took hours. I checked "top" and didn't see any offending processes. It was so laggy that I couldn't even log back in once the system went to the lock screen.

Just for grins, I went back to my old thumbdrive (the 2017 64GB Sandisk) and everything worked great, as if I were on bare metal.

Evidently it's happy with some USB drives but not others and the spec speeds don't seem to be the underlying issue...

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Originally Posted by Porkchop

I just had the same issue with kali 2018.3a encrypted persistence but I had some interesting results... I first did an install on a SanDisk 64GB USB 3.0 thumbdrive that I bought sometime in early 2017 and it worked great - installed fine, very snappy, no issues with anything.

Then I got the idea to buy a brand new high capacity, high speed thumbdrive (Patriot Supersonic Rage 2 256GB) as I thought it would be even better, but that's where I encountered the problem. Installation and persistence went fine, but as soon as I booted into the encrypted persistence environment and started running, I noticed everything was EXTREMELY slow on the new drive. I tried doing an apt update/apt upgrade but it literally took hours. I checked "top" and didn't see any offending processes. It was so laggy that I couldn't even log back in once the system went to the lock screen.

Just for grins, I went back to my old thumbdrive (the 2017 64GB Sandisk) and everything worked great, as if I were on bare metal.

Evidently it's happy with some USB drives but not others and the spec speeds don't seem to be the underlying issue...

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An upgrade ussually takes 45min to 1 hour sometimes longer. Depends on your connection ect.