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Niemand
2015-08-12, 22:09
Hi guys,
I had Kali on my bootable flash drive and I decided to update it to newer version. I downloaded Kali 2 image and extracted it on my flash drive using:

dd if=kali2.iso of=/dev/sdb bs=512k
Everything went smoothly so I rebooted my PC and Kali didn't boot. It just says "Failed to load ldlinux.c32". It is older machine so I decided to try the "Light" version, but it didn't change anything. Still the same error message.
Don't you know what could be causing this problem and how could I solve it?
Thanks

freshy2k
2015-08-12, 23:04
try re-formatting the flash to FAT16.

M0D1xD
2015-08-12, 23:52
first of all
Download a compitable Kalilinux x86/64 bit .. Depending on your CPU
https://www.kali.org/downloads/

Then Follow Up the Next
1- first download Win32 Disk from https://launchpad.net/win32-image-writer
2- plug your usb and Select the iso you sownloaded and click on write and wait till it's finish ,
3- restart your pc and change boot order to USB ..
:)
sorry i didn't fill you in , that's the best i can do ^^"

Thorne
2015-08-17, 13:08
Having the same issue. Followed M0D1xD's instructions, but always the same results. I also formatted the drive to FAT16, but that didn't help either. Running on a Lenovo L440.

X0rCode
2015-08-18, 18:58
Hey there,

try this command:

sudo dd if=kali.iso of=/dev/rdiskN bs=1m

replace N with the disk number

good luck