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I have created the encrypted live USB as per Kali documentation. I have set up encrypted persistence with cryptsetup as mentioned in the documentation. I've verified that I'm able access the partition(/dev/sdc2) with "cryptsetup luksOpen".
On my computer, I have a primary linux installation on /dev/sda2 (HDD) which is also encrypted LUKS setup.
When I boot via USB and select "Live system with encrypted persistence", Kali wants to open /dev/sda2 (on HDD) and not /dev/sdc2 (USB drive) as I need it to.
What can be done so that Kali only asks to decrypt /dev/sdc2 as persistence partition?
machy
Posted 2018-03-24T06:54:23.523
Reputation: 11
When you boot a live session the USB media is
sda. – None – 2018-03-24T09:47:56.677@MichaelBay The hard drive used to always be sda, but the last few years when I boot (live) the drive letters randomly change order sometimes, maybe a kernel change a while ago or something. Anyway @ machy, don't use device letters, use UUID instead. I don't know how kali does it's persistence, but search for a UUID or maybe even partition label option – Xen2050 – 2018-03-24T10:55:07.760
I encountered the same problem. I don't have a better solution except to recommend to enter an incorrect password, and when asked if you want to re-try, to enter "n". For me, Kali used the next encrypted partition available, which was the one on the USB drive. – Nisse Knudsen – 2018-11-21T21:46:27.917