Need to read first
In short therms you only need to grab live files from ISO and configure menu as follow
label Kali^Live
menu label Kali^Live
kernel vmlinuz
append vga=788 initrd=initrd.img append boot=live components fetch=http://192.168.1.1/filesystem.squashfs
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Download Kali PXE Netboot Images
Now, we need to create a directory to hold the Kali Netboot image and download the image we wish to serve from the Kali repos.
Now, we need to create a directory to hold the Kali Netboot image and download the image we wish to serve from the Kali repos.
mkdir -p /tftpboot
cd /tftpboot
# for 64 bit systems:
wget http://repo.kali.org/kali/dists/kali/main/installer-amd64/current/images/netboot/netboot.tar.gz
# for 32 bit systems:
wget http://repo.kali.org/kali/dists/kali/main/installer-i386/current/images/netboot/netboot.tar.gz
tar zxpf netboot.tar.gz
rm netboot.tar.gz
Configure Target to Boot From Network
With everything configured, you can now boot your target system and configure it to boot from the network. It should get an IP address from your PXE server and begin booting Kali.
Booting Over HTTP ?
In this example, we will obtain the kernel, initrd, and squashfs filesystem we need from a full Kali Linux release ISO from within the “live” directory. We copy the initrd and kernel into the TFTP root folder, while the squashfs file goes into the web root:
Configure Target to Boot From Network
With everything configured, you can now boot your target system and configure it to boot from the network. It should get an IP address from your PXE server and begin booting Kali.
Booting Over HTTP ?
In this example, we will obtain the kernel, initrd, and squashfs filesystem we need from a full Kali Linux release ISO from within the “live” directory. We copy the initrd and kernel into the TFTP root folder, while the squashfs file goes into the web root:
mkdir /mnt/iso
mount -o loop kali-linux-1.1.0a-amd64.iso /mnt/iso/
cp /mnt/iso/live/{initrd.img,vmlinuz} /tftpboot/
cp /mnt/iso/live/filesystem.squashfs /var/www/
apachectl start
In this example, we’ll obtain the kernel, initrd, and squashfs filesystem from a full Kali Linux release ISO (in the “live” directory) and then proceed to boot the kernel and initrd over PXE. Once the boot screen appears, we need to alter a few boot parameters as shown in the screenshot below:
In this example, we’ll obtain the kernel, initrd, and squashfs filesystem from a full Kali Linux release ISO (in the “live” directory) and then proceed to boot the kernel and initrd over PXE. Once the boot screen appears, we need to alter a few boot parameters as shown in the screenshot below:
Or menu, can look like this
label Kali^Live
menu label Kali^Live
kernel vmlinuz
append vga=788 initrd=initrd.img append boot=live components fetch=http://192.168.1.1/filesystem.squashfs
As the squashfs filesystem loads to RAM, the filesystem itself can’t be larger than the amount of RAM available on the computer – meaning that for booting a standard Kali ISO as shown above, we’d need at least 4 GB of RAM. Of course, this can be remedied by making smaller, custom Kali ISO images, perhaps with different toolsets and uses.
