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Pearlscent
2023-07-07, 13:14
Greetings,

I was trying to HDD install kali linux 2023.2 live x64 from USB-image with Windows 11 already present on my laptop.

I followed the respective (https://www.kali.org/docs/installation/dual-boot-kali-with-windows/) guide untill this (https://i.imgur.com/1sm6Fwz.jpg) problem was met, and then instead went with using the kali linux 2023.2a installer x64 image.

The blank partition I made by live image was already there, rest of the process went well, yet after reboot I was met with Win11 booting instead of grub and bios boot priority struggling (https://imgur.com/TLqB3SH) to find kali installed.

Both kali and grub boot records are alive (https://imgur.com/eecf1nr) and can be accessed by external grub (https://www.supergrubdisk.org/category/download/supergrub2diskdownload/super-grub2-disk-stable/) I burned on my USB-drive, here's proof (for kali (https://imgur.com/a/vPTjCLi), for grub (https://imgur.com/a/CgvoHqx)).

I have found threads on this forum and beyond with similar issues, they are listed below:
https://forums.kali.org/showthread.php?48329-Installing-Kali-Linux-on-Acer-Aspire-ES1-431
https://forums.kali.org/showthread.php?76070-Cannot-install-Kali-after-Windows-11-Update
https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/386009/acer-aspire-e5-573g-you-can-not-install-any-one-linux-distribution-the-problem-bios-1-25
https://www.linux.org/threads/kali-installed-on-usb-but-grub-is-missing.37257/
https://www.linux.org/threads/cant-find-kali-linux-in-boot-menu.29840/

And I've tried the approaches suggested above: updating grub through console, downgrading laptop bios version, changing boot path in Windows, checking if installation was in efi mode, yet none of it bore fruit.

I am desperate and will be grateful for any help, thanks in advance.