The amd64 iso uses isolinux, the arm64 iso does not (if memory serves me right) which explains why it does not follow the same as amd64.

steev@finn:~/Downloads$ sudo losetup -f kali-linux-2025.2-live-arm64.iso
steev@finn:~/Downloads$ sudo losetup -a
/dev/loop0: [66309]:49591594 (/home/steev/Downloads/kali-linux-2025.2-live-arm64.iso)
steev@finn:~/Downloads$ sudo mount /dev/loop0 /mnt
mount: /mnt: WARNING: source write-protected, mounted read-only.
steev@finn:~/Downloads$ ls /mnt
EFI  boot  boot.catalog  dists  efi.img  isolinux  live  pool  sha256sum.README  sha256sum.txt

I believe the missing start stop daemon also causes issues with installing via apt, saying it is required and erroring if its not present

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/)?

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