kali linux efi boot problems

Question

I have just downloaded Kali Linux and used UNetBootin to install it to a 16GB HP V220W.I Followd the instructions in d kali website and created/EFI/BOOT structre and put d files in it. wrote grub.cfg and pastd it ther. I stuck it in my machine and booted from it. Options come up for: Default Back Live (forensic mode) Install with speech synthesis Hardware Detection Tool (HDT) However, I can't boot into any of these; they all throw the same error: invalid magic number cant find partition hd0.

even in legacy mode, when I choose the options, I get d same menu again I followd the instructions from

linuxhow2s.blogspot.com/2013/06/install-force-kali-linux-on-efi-based.html?m=1

Answer 1

UNetBootin is relatively hard to use.

If you're on Mac, run this command in terminal :

sudo dd if=yourIso.iso of=/dev/yourDrive bs=1m   

If you're in Linux, run this:

sudo dd if=yourIso.iso of=/dev/yourDrive bs=512k   

For Windows, use Win32 Disk Imager Software to copy the iso onto the drive.

Further reading: kali linux live usb install

Answer 2

I got it working on my MacBook Air 2013 following this tutorial: I works fine so far, took mi a while but it worths the time. Use Linux or live boot Kali to do the partitining and make sure the FAT32 is the first partition followed by the KALI main partition if you have more than 4GB RAM you do not need SWAP partition

1- Create a FAT32 partition on the osx machine, a small one just to keed the /EFI/Boot/ files (5MB partition is plenty space but the min for FAT32 is 32MB. I assume you will also consider having a partition with free space available to install Kali. Use the Disk Utility for this step) 2- inside the /EFI/Boot/ located on the newly created partition, put the files located on ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/releases/18/Fedora/x86_64/os/EFI/BOOT/

3- Just to test if the partition is ready, restart your macbook and hold down the alt/option key (you should now see an "EFI Boot" option just beside your normal boot option, there's nothing to boot yet so just leave it for now)

4- Use DVD or USB key for Kali ISO to install it to the partition you reserved on step 1 Make sure to remember the device name i.e. /dev/sdc that you are installing on so when the GRUB loader instalation question come to choose the correct device (if you have /dev/sdc2 partition which it should be if you have nothing on the disk but the FAT32 partition and the newly Kali install then choose this partition to install the GRUB loader. The partitionyou are going to install Kali will not be recognized by default, so here's the workaround)

5- Boot Kali from the DVD we used to install it. Once you boot from the DVD open Computer. Now take a look at the Devices list (there should be 3, your OSX, the FAT32 partition and your Kali) mount the one that says Filesystem (Kali). Once inside the Filesystem go to boot/grub/ and copy the grub.cfg file... now mount the FAT32 partition, go to EFI/Boot and paste the grub.cfg

This step is the most important if you miss this one nothing is going to work.

6- Open the grub.cfg file with your favorite text editor > find the lines that say "linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.7..." and "initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.7..." > change the linux to linuxefi e initrd to initrdefi > the lines (there are 4 changes to make, 2 in each menuentry) should now look like "linuxefi /boot/vmlinuz-3.7..." and "initrdefi /boot/initrd.img-3.7..." There are 4 lines in total after all the changes are made.

7- Restart you macbook hold the alt/option and click the EFI Boot > grub will show options > boot it!