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I'm trying to create a bootable USB for Kali Linux. When I plug my USB in it recognises it in disks, but I'm not able to format or anything. Here is a picture:

screenshot of Disks

EDIT: I am not having trouble with uploading the ISO file and making the USB a bootable USB, I am having trouble because Ubuntu won't properly recognise the USB drive.

This is what I get when I launch startup disk creator Image here.

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Disks has a way to do it, with its --restore-disk-image option; once you have created a LiveUSB ISO image, you can replay it onto a USB Flash Drive to create a LiveUSB. From its GUI, pick the USB drive on the left panel. Then choose Restore Disk Image... from the drop-down menu. Many thanks to user68186 for that development!

The preferred method per Ubuntu Tutorials https://tutorials.ubuntu.com/tutorial/tutorial-create-a-usb-stick-on-ubuntu#0 has explicit step by step instructions using Startup Disk Creator to create a LiveUSB from an ISO file. In step 4, instead of selecting the Ubuntu ISO file, use your other ISO file.

If your USB flash drive is rejected by Startup Disk Creator, then it is failing or has a bad connection. Make sure to plug the flash drive into a socket on the PC, not through a cable or hub.

If it still fails, follow the instructions in How to create a bootable Ubuntu USB flash drive from terminal? or use a different USB drive.

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