Kali Linux Issue WIFI-Adapter

The issue is the fact that I have an old(?) computer that doesn't have a wireless card. The reason this is an issue is because Kali Linux on install will not detect that this Wifi Adapter exist and won't boot up it's software so it can:
1.Download the Debian's to my PC and 2.Won't even grab my internet connection.
(I think that's what it does at least)

The Kali Linux version I'm using is "Kali Linux Mini 64" and my WiFi adapter is a "Cisco/Linksys AE2500 adapter"

So the question is why won't it work?

could the issue be that I'm trying to boot from my USB?