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0007317Kali LinuxFeature Requestspublic2021-09-04 03:142022-05-18 11:40
Reporternayeemtby Assigned To 
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityalways
Status closedResolutionopen 
Summary0007317: The installer initrd image should have loop,ext4, ntfs-3g
Description

The installer initrd doesn't have loop, ext4, ntfs modules/libs. If these were present we could just iso-scan the iso image on a ntfs/ext4 hard drive without having to format a usb drive back to fat32.
I've seen this issue in almost all debian based distro I tried. Fedora works directly from my ntfs partition.
As I can see kali linux trying to be a versatile pentesting distro, this should be a step towards that.

Steps To Reproduce

Just put the iso or copy the files from the iso to any ntfs/ext4 drive.
Install grub/syslinux/isolinux.
Load the installer kernel and initrd.img
And it won't be able to mount your drive during the modules loading step.

Activities

arnaudr

arnaudr

2021-09-04 07:12

manager   ~0015080

Sorry, I don't understand the use-case. What's wrong with just copying the iso straight on a USB drive, and then running it?
nayeemtby

nayeemtby

2021-09-06 10:30

reporter   ~0015082

It's possible that the usb drive is formatted with ntfs, but fuse modules are not present in the installer initrd. So to make support the usb drive would have to be reformatted to fat. So copying directly to a ntfs filesystem would make installer unable to mount and load modules required for installation.
g0tmi1k

g0tmi1k

2021-09-19 14:28

administrator   ~0015224

Im not understnading what you're trying todo.

What is your use case?
What are you trying to achieve? and why?
g0tmi1k

g0tmi1k

2022-05-18 11:40

administrator   ~0016160

This report has been filed against an old version of Kali. We will be closing this ticket due to inactivity.

Please could you see if you are able to replicate this issue with the latest version of Kali Linux (https://www.kali.org/get-kali/)?

If you are still facing the same problem, feel free to re-open the ticket. If you choose to do this, could you provide more information to the issue you are facing, and also give information about your setup?
For more information, please read: https://www.kali.org/docs/community/submitting-issues-kali-bug-tracker/

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2021-09-04 03:14 nayeemtby New Issue
2021-09-04 07:12 arnaudr Note Added: 0015080
2021-09-06 10:30 nayeemtby Note Added: 0015082
2021-09-13 21:10 g0tmi1k Priority high => normal
2021-09-13 21:10 g0tmi1k Severity feature => minor
2021-09-19 14:28 g0tmi1k Note Added: 0015224
2022-05-18 11:40 g0tmi1k Note Added: 0016160
2022-05-18 11:40 g0tmi1k Status new => closed