A Security-Focused Guide to Linux Parrot: UBS Persistent Partition.

Parrot OS (formerly Parrot Security OS) is a Debian-based Linux distribution designed for penetration testing, digital forensics, reverse engineering, and privacy protection. 

Parrot Security Guide: UBS Persistent Partition.

It comes preloaded with hundreds of security tools, a lightweight desktop environment, and strong anonymity features, making it a go-to system for cybersecurity professionals and enthusiasts

Persistent partition.

This guide shows how to create a persistent partition inside USB with ParrotOS. To do this we will use the mkusbtool.

Install mkusb.

After downloading the ParrotOS .iso file from our website, download mkusb from the repository.

git clone https://github.com/sudodus/tarballs.git

Navigate to the downloaded folder and unpack dus-plus.tar.xz with tar:

cd tarballs && tar -xf dus-plus.tar.xz

Note

Why only dus-plus.tar.xz instead of dus.tar.xz? In short, it contains the usb-pack-efi package needed to boot the partition.

Go inside the newly extracted dus-tplus folder, and install the tool by typing:

cd dus-tplus/ && sudo ./dus-installer i

In the same terminal session, type dus (or open guidus from Parrot's menu) and it will start:

Note

dus will ask to install the guidus GUI as well, the functionality will remain the same.

This tool can also be used to make a USB bootable, restore, format and other interesting things.

Create the persistent partition.

Select install (make a boot device). Then, Persistent-live option.

Select dus-Persistent from the menu to choose the method to create the persistent partition.

Now select the .iso to install:

Select the USB where you want to install Parrot (we recommend using at least a 4GB USB key).

Select the upefi package and click ok.

You can allocate as much space as you like for the persistent partition from this window:

From here, click Go to confirm the operation. The persistent partition will be ready in a few minutes.