Kali Live USB on Mac - Solution

[lmnope1]

So I've spent days on this, and I know others are frusturated as well. But i think i finally found out the easiest way to make a live USB of Kali thats Mac compatible. Give it a try and tell me if anything goes wrong and ill definetley look into it.


So, here we go;

Prerequisites:
a Linux LiveCD
Mac OS X
rEFIt or rEFInd
These files: http://bit.ly/1g13CKy


1) Erase the entire USB and use the DD command to write the ISO to the disk. On a LiveCD its: dd if=kali.iso of=/dev/sdb bs=512k on mac it should be: dd if=kali.iso of=/dev/disk1 bs=512k

2) Boot up any livecd that has GParted (that includes Kali)

3) Create a 20 MB FAT32 partiton and name it EFI

(Create another partition if you want persistence)

4) Download the files above and copy them onto the EFI partion so it has the structure: /EFI/BOOT/* (the * indicated where all the grub files should be)

5) Reboot (it might take 2-3 times for it to show up in rEFIt/rEFInd and select BOOTX64.EFI

You may need to edit which disk/partition you boot from by booting the grub menu in step 5, then pressing E to edit it from (hd0,1) to whatever it may be. (but it should be (hd0,1))

[Jaikesama]

Okay so I am relatively new with computers so could you make the steps a little more expansive. Like a detailed walkthrough that any 5 year old could follow would be nice. I have a vague idea of the entire process, but it is the simple things like what is a Linux live CD and rEFIt/rEFInd that are confusing me. And finally i ONLY have a mac so will i even be able to follow this without a PC?

[Beasleyboy]

3) Create a 20 MB FAT32 partiton and name it EFI

There should already be an EFI System Partition before the OSX filesystem partition, why not install grub there?

[bhercegj]

Hy!
Cant boot Kali from Macbook on ubuntu!
You are booting from osx but i have ubuntu and dont know how to make refit boot from usb.

please help