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    How to install Kali Linux 2.0 to a late 2011 Macbook Pro

    Hi everyone!

    I'm trying to dual boot my Late 2011 Macbook Pro 13 Inch with Kali Linux 2.0 and OS X 10.11.1. I already tried a lot of tutorials I've found while browsing the world wide web but nothing didn't really work out for me. My biggest problem actually is that I can't boot Kali Linux from a Live USB or a live CD.

    My approach is the following:

    1. I download Kali Linux from the official Kali Website.
    2. I write the ISO file to my USB Stick via sudo dd if=kali-linux-2.0-amd64.iso of=/dev/disk2 bs=1m.
    3. I restart my Mac holding the alt key while booting with my USB Stick plugged in.
    4. Next my rEFInd Manager opens and shows the Kali USB Stick but everytime I select to boot from it my system freezes and I can't do anything until I hard shutdown my Mac.
    5. I also tried burning the Kali IMG to a DVD and use that to boot from, but my rEFInd Manager won't even show the DVD.

    I experienced rEFInd won't work properly with OS X El Capitan - so I did some research and found a way how to fix it.

    Can somebody please help me how to boot Kali Live USB on my Macbook Pro 13 Inch late 11? I guess the rest of the installation shouldn't be a problem.

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    Hi,
    First it is great that you describe whole process.
    My suggestion is that you missed one step between 1st and 2nd step
    You need to check download image is it ok with sha1 and md5
    Second download lite iso image of Kali, and try with it
    also read this post about how to install Kali on Macbook
    https://forums.kali.org/showthread.p...amp-WiFi-Guide

    "I guess the rest of the installation shouldn't be a problem."
    we will see that
    Repetitio est mater studiorum

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