feature explanation or documentation
It sounds like you’re asking for a related to installing Kali Linux on an ARM64 (aarch64) architecture using a .tar.xz image — specifically the kalifsarm64install script or process.
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⚠️ Do use random mirrors; stick to official Kali sources for integrity.
- First, extract the .tar.xz file you downloaded. You can do this using
tar:tar -xvf kali-linux-2023.2-arm64.tar.xz - This will create a directory named
kali-linux-2023.2-arm64.
- bootstrap rootfs
- install packages
- run automated config scripts and tests
- sanitize filesystem
- create tar.xz archive
- calculate checksums and sign artifact
- publish to verified storage or release system
- mkdir /tmp/testroot && tar -xJf kalifs-full-...tar.xz -C /tmp/testroot
- Run a basic smoke test (chroot + systemctl status, or boot under QEMU aarch64).