0005872: Can't update initramfs in Live USB with encrypted persistence

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0005872	Kali Linux	General Bug	public	2019-12-04 22:30	2025-07-14 09:36

Reporter	NyaaMeow	Assigned To	rhertzog
Priority	normal	Severity	major	Reproducibility	always
Status	closed	Resolution	not fixable
Product Version	2019.4

Summary	0005872: Can't update initramfs in Live USB with encrypted persistence
Description	My computer has 2 GPU drivers one for display which is from Intel the Intel HD 5500 and the other is Nvidia Geforce 820M. I try to blacklist the Intel GPU from terminal and update initramfs in order for Kali to work with the Nvidia driver because it can't be supported to work with both of the two on Kali Linux from what I have read so far but it doesn't update the initramfs, instead it displays the messsage: root@kali:~# live-update-initramfs I: update-initramfs is disabled (live system is running on read-only media). It would be great if that issue could be adressed in the future.
Steps To Reproduce	Have a 2 GPU computer and type "live-update-initramfs" inside terminal.

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2019-12-04 22:30	NyaaMeow	New Issue
2019-12-05 08:55	rhertzog	Assigned To	=> rhertzog
2019-12-05 08:55	rhertzog	Status	new => closed
2019-12-05 08:55	rhertzog	Resolution	open => not fixable
2019-12-05 08:55	rhertzog	Note Added: 0011579
2025-07-14 09:36	g0tmi1k	Priority	high => normal

rhertzog 2019-12-05 08:55 administrator ~0011579	I'm sorry but this can't be fixed. The kernel and initramfs are hardcoded in the ISO at build time and can't be upgraded through persistence. The reason is that the persistence is setup by the early boot system, so after kernel and initramfs have been loaded.