Install Kali from usb to usb

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2020-09-17
Axrst

Install Kali from usb to usb

Hi,

I want to install Kali to a removable disk (USB stick or USB external disk) without changing the MBR of the single hdd inside my Dell optiplex 960. So what I did:

Downloaded and made a install usb (not live). Let's say it USB-A.
Booted from USB-A with selecting it from BIOS and made the installation of Kali in the other USB (lets say it USB-B).
All gone ok, installation finished and asked me for GRUB install. I choose to install it in the USB-B (as I don't want to put it in the hdd.

The problem is that the system then, cannot boot to Kali if i choose to boot from usb in BIOS (I removed of course the USB-A).

Any ideas? What I'm doing wrong? :confused:
2020-11-22
blackieraw

Hi,
Something similar happens to me, I install it and when I have to choose the grub, I always install it in the live unit even if I tell it where to install it.
2020-12-08
Bdeford123

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Originally Posted by Axrst

Hi,

I want to install Kali to a removable disk (USB stick or USB external disk) without changing the MBR of the single hdd inside my Dell optiplex 960. So what I did:

Downloaded and made a install usb (not live). Let's say it USB-A.
Booted from USB-A with selecting it from BIOS and made the installation of Kali in the other USB (lets say it USB-B).
All gone ok, installation finished and asked me for GRUB install. I choose to install it in the USB-B (as I don't want to put it in the hdd.

The problem is that the system then, cannot boot to Kali if i choose to boot from usb in BIOS (I removed of course the USB-A).

Any ideas? What I'm doing wrong? :confused:

Can ypu help me make a bootable usb with kali linux on it?