PROBLEM: Installing amd64 Kali 2.0 to HD via live-usb
Cause: UEFI 32-bit bootloader on atom 64-bit laptop (I have already disabled secure boot and cannot disable legacy)
I'm trying to do an HD install but I'm unable to boot Kali 2.0 x64 Live over USB. I've been researching this and trying to solve my problem for a few days now. I've got an Acer One 10 and it seems like this problem also affects the Switch 10 and Asus T100 computers. I think I've ALMOST solved the problem but I'm stuck at the last step. I referred partly to this thread for the Kali side of the problem:
https://forums.kali.org/showthread.p...all-Kali-Linux
For a solution, I found this along with several other links about similar issues with these laptops:
https://gist.github.com/franga2000/2154d09f864894b8fe84
I've already disabled secure boot.
The bootloader does not support legacy mode in these devices so I must boot using EFI. Processor is 64bit with a 32-bit UEFI bootloader (so bootx64.efi the solution for Kali 1.0 won't work) . I tried using RUFUS using GPT but the x64 Kali iso does not work with that (returns an error). I tried the UBUNTU solution outlined in that link that details the problem and created my own bootia32.efi. I put that into the livecd folder of EFI\BOOT\ BINGO! I got into a grub command line on USB boot. Next, I tried to create a grub.cfg from the x64 ISO and that's where I got stuck. I tried modifying the old Kali 1.0 grub.cfg menu from the above link however the commands "linuxefi" and "initdrefi" are not recognized commands (in bootia32.efi) so I'm unable to see if it will work. I tried just using linux and initdr commands in grub.cfg but that returned a frozen blank screen.
Should I modify bootia32.efi (and how) so those commands would work or is there another grub.cfg approach I should take to the one in the Kali thread (above)?
Here's my current grub.conf:
if loadfont /boot/grub/font.pf2 ; then
set gfxmode=auto
insmod efi_gop
insmod efi_uga
insmod gfxterm
terminal_output gfxterm
fi
set menu_color_normal=white/black
set menu_color_highlight=black/light-gray
menuentry "Kali Live" {
set gfxpayload=keep
linux /live/vmlinuz boot=live quiet splash ---
initrd /live/initrd.img
}
There was also a post on here about using REFInd to circumvent the bootloader altogether which I just found, I'll try it later to see how that pans out:
https://forums.kali.org/showthread.p...allation/page2
** Update ^^^ Tried this method... didn't work with full version x64 (after selecting kali - black screen and hangs on boot) Going to try Kali lite 64 next ^^^^
Any help or thoughts on this would be appreciated; also probably helpful to others buying atom 64bit laptops that still insist to use 32-bit UEFI.
