Kali GRUB fails to install. Tied multiple methods

[deanfourie]

Guys, having mad problems installing GRUB on kali, tried 2 drives one sata and SSD. The kali install fails to install it

apt-get update
apt-get install grub2 (this fails to install it too, just click continue without installing GRUB to install the package)

mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt
grub-install /dev/sdb

Grub installed without any errors. But when booting it boots to grub rescue.

mount /dev/sda1 /mnt
grub-install /dev/sda

Grub installed without any errors, same issue.

Out of ideas. Any suggestions?

Cheers

[duxim]

try
http://sourceforge.net/projects/boot-repair-cd/
maybe it could be helpfull

[deanfourie]

try
http://sourceforge.net/projects/boot-repair-cd/
maybe it could be helpfull

Thanks for the reply. Ive downloaded and installed that image with unetbootin, can't even get it to boot! I can't understand why I am having so many issues trying to do something so simple, install **** GRUB

Read that issues with internet connectivity could be at fault. But full DNS and connectivity, also tried to install GRUB without internet.

I've seriously googled for 3 nights straight to try sort this. Is it a mounting issue?

Seriously guys I'm pulling my hair out. Next the laptop will be on the driveway in pieces lol.

[duxim]

answer on this questions.
what is your BIOS type?
do you have another system on laptop?
how you make boot usb for Kali?
how you prepare hdd for Kali instsllation?

[deanfourie]

what is your BIOS type? Im not sure on this one
do you have another system on laptop? No, no other OS and drives have been formatted
how you make boot usb for Kali? Used LinuxLive usb creator
how you prepare hdd for Kali instsllation? Clean format then used the guided option from the GUI install within a live sessoin.

Cheers

[duxim]

read this post
https://forums.kali.org/showthread.p...-Kali-2-0-Sana
and make boot usb as it described in it
also reed this just in case and examine
https://neosmart.net/wiki/enable-legacy-boot-mode/

hope it could solve your problem

[deanfourie]

Thanks for the replies. I got it sorted

Installed from the GUI install mode after boot, not from live mode.

I got "failed to mount cdrom drive" error, just unplugged USB and plugged it into a different port to remount it, and all went smoothly.

GRUB installed and all is good

[fmaqbool]

i installed kali linux along with windows, after restarting my computer i got a message 'no bootable devices- strike f1 to retry boot. f2 for setup. tried all options nothing is happening should i reinstall GRUB or what? kindly help me. i also did kali live boot. and it showed all the hard drives are intact. help me please

[duxim]

just read this post

[deanfourie]

i installed kali linux along with windows, after restarting my computer i got a message 'no bootable devices- strike f1 to retry boot. f2 for setup. tried all options nothing is happening should i reinstall GRUB or what? kindly help me. i also did kali live boot. and it showed all the hard drives are intact. help me please

Double check your BIOS boot options, boot into BIOS and make sure the first boot device is the drive where GRUB was installed!

[xeedlroot]

# use fdisk -l to see your kali linux root partition. Example /dev/sda3
#change /dev/sda3 for your kali root partition

fdisk -l

mount /dev/sda3 /mnt
mount --bind /dev /mnt/dev
mount --bind /proc /mnt/proc
mount --bind /sys /mnt/sys
chroot /mnt
apt-get install grub2

#The grub2 package will be installed on the kali partition.
#When apt finish the instalation ask you for the partition to install grub2, select /deb/sda with spacebar, press tab, and [ok].
#Now you will see grub detecting your partitions and the installation finish.
#Reboot and have a nice day.