Installing on Series 3 Chromebook, GPT_ERROR_INVALID_HEADERS

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Hello,

I'm installing Kali Linux to a USB to boot to on my Series 3 Chromebook. I'm following the instructions given here: http://docs.kali.org/armel-armhf/ins...ung-chromebook and I have that exact Chromebook with the Exynos 5250 1.7GH and 2GB RAM.

The steps I've taken:

• Downloaded kali-linux-1.0.6-armhf.img.xz
• Checked the SHA1 sum
• Verified location of the USB at /dev/sda
• Ran the dd command with no issues

When I get to the steps

cgpt repair /dev/sdb
cgpt add -i 1 -S 1 -T 5 -P 5 -l KERN-A /dev/sda
cgpt add -i 2 -S 1 -T 5 -P 10 -l KERN-B /dev/sda

Typing either of the add commands gives this:
ERROR: cgpt add: GptSanityCheck() returned 2: GPT_ERROR_INVALID_HEADERS


Bill Richardson, a Google employee, in this google groups discussion told someone with similar issues that "At present then, there is (or should be!) no way to directly boot a
non-Google image from a removable drive." He later says it works on the Series 5 and Acer Chromebooks -- but not the Series 3.


Has anyone actually got Kali working on this Chromebook? If so, did these steps work for you?




Thanks

[Wo1f]

I have had the same issue for quite sometime until I happened upon a solution:
No matter what I tried, I have been unable to get kali-linux-1.0.6-armhf.img.xz to work, resulting in the exact same error as you.

Instead, download the 1.0.5 image specific to the chromebook at: http://http://psg.mtu.edu/pub/kali-images/kali-1.0.5/

^Either download the kali-linux-1.0.5-armhf-chromebook.img.xz or the kali-linux-1.0.5-armhf-chromebook.torrent.

Follow all of the same steps in the same installation guide using the newly downloaded 1.0.5 image, and you should succeed.