It happens on certain machines that the EFI boot variables can't be fiddled around with inside chroot. The workaround for this is to exit out of the chroot and then create the boot entry manually:
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It happens on certain machines that the EFI boot variables can't be fiddled around with inside chroot. The workaround for this is to exit out of the chroot and then create the boot entry manually:
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What is your computer make / model? There might be a function key which you need to press to get to the boot options. There you will might see Kali as a boot option. Somehow the reboot cleared the...
Please go through http://www.blackmoreops.com/2015/11/27/change-grub-background-in-kali-linux and https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2/Displays
You can edit the file /boot/grub/grub.cfg after it has been generated.
Make sure the sources.list file contains only this:
deb http://http.kali.org/kali sana main non-free contrib
deb http://security.kali.org/kali-security sana/updates main contrib non-free
# For...
When you select Kali, you will be presented with a grub menu. Press 'e' to edit and and then add nouveau.modeset=0 after 'ro quiet' and then press ctrl+x to boot.
If you have already done Step12, then you don't need to do it again on reboot. And yes, you need a working internet connection. If, even after having internet connection you get the error: "Unable to...
You need to type...
mount /dev/sda5 /mnt
mkdir -p /mnt/boot/efi
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/boot/efi
...before the for loop
Share output for the command:
sudo gdisk -l /dev/sda
Did you mount the correct partition to /mnt?
You have to do either of these two in Ubuntu:
If you want to use sudo, then type:
for i in /dev /dev/pts /proc /sys ; do sudo mount -B $i /mnt/$i ; done
If you don't want to use sudo,...
AFTER installing Kali Linux and setting up the loader in the ESP (FAT32 EFI partition), the steps are:
(i) Get into BIOS (by pressing F2 when computer boots)
(ii) Set Supervisor password
(iii)...
http://releases.ubuntu.com/15.10/ubuntu-15.10-desktop-amd64.iso
You can boot into Ubuntu installation media in UEFI mode and opt to not install it. The first option does that for you. Then you can follow the rest of the steps as shown in the video. It is...
Did you try all options? Nothing is present on the screen? If none of the options work for you, then create a bootable media using Ubuntu Installation media. You can follow:...
'Legacy USB' is umm... a bit different. You are getting confused. In the last image, you have to choose 'UEFI: KingstonDataTraveler 3.0PMAP'
(i) Enable Legacy, install Kali in Legacy Mode. (Skip grub setup as shown in the video)
(ii) Disable Legacy, boot System Rescue Disk. (Do that command line stuff as shown in the video).
While using Rufus, use MBR-BIOS.
Kali Linux Bootable has to be booted and installed when UEFI is off. Then, you follow https://vimeo.com/137686117 to create a bootable media for System Rescue Disk,...
As I have shown in the video, you *have* to install Kali Linux in *Legacy Mode*, boot the system rescue disk in *UEFI* mode, and then convert Kali Installation into UEFI mode, by setting up grub...
Did you boot Kali Live in UEFI mode? Are you able to boot into Kali now? If yes, then run the grub-mkconfig -o boot/grub/grub.cfg command from inside the installed kali.
You have to boot the system rescue disk in UEFI mode. Otherwise the boot entry cannot be added. Also, graphical environment is not necessary. You can also choose the 4th option: "64bit, disable...
So, try this:
1) Delete that Kali entry, make sure secure boot it turned off in BIOS settings, and try to do that grub-install command again.
If that doesn't work:
2) Open an elevated command...
@l0uch3,
1) Well, you go through the UEFI specifications at http://www.uefi.org/specifications. I may have missed by accident, but I couldn't find anywhere a restriction (first 100GB or anything)...
@l0uch3, It seems like your EFI system partition is corrupt. You will need to repair it with dosfsck in linux or chkdsk in windows. Another solution is to create another EFI partition, mount it at...
Instead of using system rescue disk, you can use any UEFI compatible linux media which allows you to spawn a terminal and chroot into the installed partition.
This is a tiny tutorial for dual booting Kali Linux 2.0 (sana) with Windows 8/8.1/10 in UEFI Mode.
https://vimeo.com/137613660
Note: Your Windows installation has to be in UEFI mode. (To...