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    Sticky: I succesfully boot into Kali 2016.2 on a macbook...

    I succesfully boot into Kali 2016.2 on a macbook pro from a usb stick made with mac linux loader (see here)

    It does not use grub but rather a boot loader named 'enterprise boot loader'. Going into...
  2. I am having the SAME issue. ifconfig does not...

    I am having the SAME issue. ifconfig does not even show the interface but lspci does show:


    03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4360 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter (rev 03)
    ...
  3. does it boot into the recovery mode?

    does it boot into the recovery mode?
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    install refind to the root directory of your boot...

    install refind to the root directory of your boot hd. it includes 32 bit drivers and will properly install them.
    use 'install.sh --notesp'
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    install refind to the root directory of your boot...

    install refind to the root directory of your boot drive. I found that if i install refind to an esp directory, i get nothing but boot grief.
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    solved the problem. for some reason, this macbook...

    solved the problem. for some reason, this macbook pro 4,1 A1260 does not like the fact that the boot loader is on the EFI volume. In fact I think it's a problem with refined because it only installs...
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    I solved that problem by using the boot manager,...

    I solved that problem by using the boot manager, refind, and installing it to the root of the drive, not on its own ESP.
  8. is this a gigabyte motherboard? The author of the...

    is this a gigabyte motherboard? The author of the boot manager 'refind' mentioned that gigabyte uses a hybrid boot record. He states that "ESPs use the FAT filesystem, which is case-insensitive....
  9. the efi boot will not work. you need to install a...

    the efi boot will not work. you need to install a boot manager. download refind from here:
    http://sourceforge.net/projects/refind/

    open terminal and navigate to the downloaded folder.
    type 'ls'...
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    I solved it. For some reason, the problem...

    I solved it. For some reason, the problem resolved when I eliminated refit and installed refind to the root partition of the main drive.

    It turns out that by default refind installs the boot...
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    Thank you for writing this up. I got Kali to...

    Thank you for writing this up. I got Kali to install on my macbook 4,1. but get an error on the boot process. Findings and pics are in this thread here:...
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    recovery mode gets me a different error see...

    recovery mode gets me a different error
    see attached photo
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    SystemIO range conflicts with OpRegion (\_SB_PC10.SBUS,SMBI)
    If an ACPI driver is available for this device, you should use it...
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    kali hangs on boot

    Installed kali on macbook pro 4,1 after installing refit.

    Attached jpg shows where it hangs-last line is
    'Waiting for /dev to be fully populated usb 6-2: device descriptor read/64, error -71'
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    Kali stole my SWAP!

    Laptop had Windows 7.
    Installed Ubuntu 14.04
    --no problem. grub2 gave appropriate choices
    Added mate theme
    --no problem.
    Installed Kali Linux 1.1.0
    --initially defaulted to grub boot menu but...
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    Live USB hangs while booting on mac

    I followed the instructions on making a bootable kali usb.
    This works fine on a windows laptop.
    I installed refind on a macbook pro
    MacBookPro4,1
    Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
    Processor...
  16. I am really confused. I thought the whole point...

    I am really confused. I thought the whole point of intel's vtD architecture was to allow direct access to the hardware by the vm?
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