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I'm trying to repair the boot loader for kali 2.0. I'm not sure what caused it but it doesn't show up in the bios anymore. I found this code:
mount /dev/sda3 /mnt
mount --bind /dev /mnt/dev
mount --bind /dev/pts /mnt/dev/pts
mount --bind /proc /mnt/proc
mount --bind /sys /mnt/sys
chroot /mnt
grub-install /dev/sda
update-grub
exit
umount /mnt/dev/pts
umount /mnt/dev
umount /mnt/proc
umount /mnt/sys
umount /mnt
Anyway I have loaded the live usb and am attempting to fix it. Now for the question... I have kali installed on a second hard drive on my laptop with partition being sdb3 and am not sure what to put in for when I install grub. Here's the trick. Half of the drive 500gb is kali's the other half is ntfs file system for windows. Where do I install grub at. On the second hard drive? or the first hard drive? And what partition do I put It in(I know not in the ntfs partition), But maybe in the EFI system partition on the second hard drive?
Sec hard drive partitions:
/dev/sdb1 ntfs 500gp msftdata /dev/sdb2 fat32 513mb boot,esp /dev/sdb3 ext4 442.06gb /dev/sdb4 Linux-swap 24gb
Ok so I just tried grub-install on /dev/sdb2 figuring its flagged boot. This is what came up: grub-install error: cannot find EFI directory.
700MB just to use one little software component? You can't be serious – chx101 – 2019-11-19T17:29:02.763
@chx101 I am a firm believer in that wonderful 700MB Boot-Repar disk. Boot-Repair is a lifesaver for someone who just bought a new 8-core computer and can't get anything to install the GRUB bootloader on this brand new hardware which seems to have been designed for Windows only. Boot the computer from the Boot-Repair live USB, click the big Recommended Repair button, and five minutes later my computer boots to a new Linux desktop. – karel – 2019-11-19T17:40:01.127
If the terminal alternative isn't working for me, mostly likely boot-repair won't either. – chx101 – 2019-11-19T17:40:26.367
Rescatux is powerful new alternative to Boot-Repair that is especially good at solving Windows boot problems in a dual boot. When the boot problem is frustrating and discouraging, you need to use a tool that works automatically to get you unstuck. I've been there myself, so I know what a black dog feels like. – karel – 2019-11-19T17:47:26.807
Mmm. Ok, I'll check it out. By the way, I'm not dual booting. Lubuntu works on this laptop and it installs
grubx64.efi
but Kali-Linux doesn't install EFI version of grub. It only works in legacy mode. In either case, no bootable drive is found after installing Kali. Hence why I'm trying these methods. – chx101 – 2019-11-19T18:41:30.580If EFI version of grub works on another distro, it is better to go with the EFI version of grub than to go with legacy mode. – karel – 2019-11-19T18:46:08.140
The problem is the Kali team either don't support it or don't mention it anywhere – chx101 – 2019-11-19T18:47:42.047
Let us continue this discussion in chat.
– karel – 2019-11-19T18:48:15.670