The following document describes our own method of creating a custom Kali Linux MK/SS808 ARM image and is targeted at developers. If you would like to install a pre-made Kali image, check out our Install Kali on MK/SS808 article.
01. Create a Kali rootfs
Build yourself a Kali rootfs as described in our Kali documentation, using an armhf architecture. By the end of this process, you should have a populated rootfs directory in ~/arm-stuff/rootfs/kali-armhf.
02. Create the Image File
Next, we create the physical image file which will hold our MK/SS808 rootfs and boot images.
cd ~
mkdir -p arm-stuff
cd arm-stuff/
mkdir -p images
cd images
dd if=/dev/zero of=kali-custom-ss808.img bs=1MB count=5000
03. Partition and Mount the Image File
parted kali-custom-ss808.img --script -- mkpart primary ext4 1 -1
device=`kpartx -va $loopdevice| sed -E 's/.*(loop[0-9])p.*/\1/g' | head -1`
device="/dev/mapper/${device}"
rootp=${device}p1
mkfs.ext4 $rootp
mkdir -p root
mount $rootp root
04. Copy and Modify the Kali rootfs
echo nameserver 8.8.8.8 > root/etc/resolv.conf
05. Compile the rk3066 Kernel and Modules
If you’re not using ARM hardware as the development environment, you will need to set up an ARM cross-compilation environment to build an ARM kernel and modules. Once that’s done, proceed with the following steps.
cd ~/arm-stuff
mkdir -p kernel
cd kernel
git clone git://github.com/aloksinha2001/picuntu-3.0.8-alok.git rk3066-kernel
cd rk3066-kernel
sed -i "/vpu_service/d" arch/arm/plat-rk/Makefile
export CROSS_COMPILE=~/arm-stuff/kernel/toolchains/arm-eabi-linaro-4.6.2/bin/arm-eabi-
# A basic configuration for the UG802 and MK802 III
# make rk30_hotdog_ti_defconfig
# A basic configuration for the MK808
make rk30_hotdog_defconfig
# configure your kernel !
make menuconfig
# Configure the kernel as per http://www.armtvtech.com/armtvtechforum/viewtopic.php?f=66&t=835
mkdir ../initramfs/
wget http://208.88.127.99/initramfs.cpio -O ../initramfs/initramfs.cpio
mkdir -p ../patches
wget http://patches.aircrack-ng.org/mac80211.compat08082009.wl_frag+ack_v1.patch -O ../patches/mac80211.patch
wget http://patches.aircrack-ng.org/channel-negative-one-maxim.patch- O ../patches/negative.patch
patch -p1 < ../patches/mac80211.patch
patch -p1 < ../patches/negative.patch
./make_kernel_ruikemei.sh
make modules_install INSTALL_MOD_PATH=~/arm-stuff/images/root
git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dwmw2/linux-firmware.git firmware-git
mkdir -p ~/arm-stuff/images/root/lib/firmware
cp -rf firmware-git/* ~/arm-stuff/images/root/lib/firmware/
rm -rf firmware-git
kpartx -dv $loopdevice
losetup -d $loopdevice
07. dd the Image to a USB device
Use the dd utility to image this file to your SD card. In our example, we assume the storage device is located at /dev/sdb. Change this as needed.
Once the dd operation is complete, unmount and eject the SD card and boot your MK/SS808 into Kali Linux