I am trying to dual boot Kali Linux with Windows 10 on my Microsoft Surface Book 1 laptop.
I went through the following steps:
1. I downloaded kali linux using the torrent version at this link https://cdimage.kali.org/kali-2021.4...ller-amd64.iso
2. I used Rufus to create a bootable usb drive using the downloaded iso
3. I rebooted and started installing the iso on an empty partition with 30 GBs
I faced 3 problems during installation:
1. The Network Card was not detected and I was prompted with the following message:
"Some of your hardware needs non-free firmware files to operate. The firmware can be loaded from removable media, such as USB stick or floppy.
The missing firmware files are: mrvl/pcie8897_uapsta.bin
If you have such media available now, insert it, and continue.
Load missing firmware from removable media? (No, Yes)"
2. The network card was not listed and I could not choose any network card manually
3. Installing the following (Xfce, --top10 -- the most 10 popular tools, --default-- recommended tools) showed an error and could not be installed. Only installing GNOME worked.
Solutions I tried:
I downloaded the file mrvl/pcie8897_uapsta.bin and copied it on another USB and plugged it while installing but the same message showed again. I searched for similar problems and what I found is that this message is misleading and there might be other needed files. So, I was stuck here and could not continue.
I did the following:
1. As advised in many forums, I just chose No when loading missing firmwares. I read many forums telling that we can install the missing files later after booting.
2. The installation continued and when I could not choose any network drive from the list, I chose: No network adapter
3. I chose GNOME only and the installation continued
Problems
The Dual Booted successfuly and I could open Kali linux. However, as expected, WiFi was not connected -obviously because the network drive was not installed-
The suggested solutions for this were connecting throught an ethernet cable. The bigger problem is that in the Surface Book, there is no ethernet cable. So, I thought about using a USB-2 to ethernet converter. So, I used "KY-RD9700 USB2.0 to Fast Ethernet Adapter Converter". This solution did not work as well. My assumption is that this happened because of not detecting the network drive in the first place. The adapter also needed installation and I found no linux installation for it.
Many solutions suggest that I need to do some commands like: apt get update and apt get upgrade. This sounds great but I do not have internet on my machine. No WiFi and no ethernet cable connected.
Some of the linux commands such as "ifconfig" are not working as well. I assume this is because not being able to install the default or top10 tools during installation.
My network card drive is: Marvell AVASTAR Wireless-AC Network Controller
I am stuck now and I can not find more help any where.
