"GRUB installation failed" HELP

[youkergav]

Yesterday I built my first computer. I'm trying to put Kali on it. I don't have wifi or ethernet on my new computer yet. Every time I try to install I get an error when installing GRUB. "The 'grub-pc' package failed to install into /target/. Without the GRUB boot loader, the installed system will not boot." Is there a way to fix this? Or can I install grub via a thumb drive? Please help.

[g0tmi1k]

How are you trying to install it?
Via Live boot, text install or graphic install?

If its 'live boot', this is a known bug: https://bugs.kali.org/view.php?id=1260.
The solution would be to use text or graphic install (when you boot up Kali)

[staticn0de]

I had the same error on my Kali install. This was 1.0.8 and I was using a text install.

In the end, it was because of my lack of internet. When I dumped the log files from the installer and reviewed them, it could not find the grub-efi-amd64 package.

So, I manually installed grub-efi and wrote up some instructions in this post below. This will only help you if you are using an EFI install, if not, its a similar process but there are about 1000 guides to installing grub manually.

https://forums.kali.org/showthread.p...ll=1#post36206

[mmusket33]

To g0tmilk,

We have done numerous successful Hard Drive installs of Kali-linux

However starting with kali-1.06 we have four(4) Samsung computers which freeze at the Detect Network Hardware stage.

We have tried live installs, graphical installs and a few other suggestions. Nothing works. Do you have any ideas?

MTeams

[g0tmi1k]

I had the same error on my Kali install. This was 1.0.8 and I was using a text install.

In the end, it was because of my lack of internet. When I dumped the log files from the installer and reviewed them, it could not find the grub-efi-amd64 package.

So, I manually installed grub-efi and wrote up some instructions in this post below. This will only help you if you are using an EFI install, if not, its a similar process but there are about 1000 guides to installing grub manually.

https://forums.kali.org/showthread.p...ll=1#post36206

This sounds like something for the bug tracker.
Would be worth submitting it to: https://bugs.kali.org/

[staticn0de]

This sounds like something for the bug tracker.
Would be worth submitting it to: https://bugs.kali.org/

Will do.

I'll reinstall Kali 1.0.9 and if it does the same thing, I'll collect the logs and upload them on the bug tracker.

[Quest]

that whole 'dependency on Internet' to install anything is unhealthy me thinks.

.02

[staticn0de]

Issue logged in the Kali Bug Tracker.

As I noted in the tracker, I was able to get around the error when I made a custom ISO and included the missing grub files in the custom ISO build process.

https://bugs.kali.org/view.php?id=1704

[clone]

I used one of the mini-images and also had this happen somewhat recently. It was maybe a week or so before this thread was posted. I skipped past the Grub installation and installed Lilo bootloader. working great

[staticn0de]

Issue logged in the Kali Bug Tracker.

As I noted in the tracker, I was able to get around the error when I made a custom ISO and included the missing grub files in the custom ISO build process.

https://bugs.kali.org/view.php?id=1704

Everyone should be happy to know I just got the email from the good gents on the bug tracker. Looks like the efi grub install failure is resolved in Kali 1.1.0

[homerbad]

Hello guys, I have the same problem. I read that in version 1.1.0 the bug was solved but it doesn't work on my pc..I also see that I can customize Kali's ISO but I must have a Linux system to do..or not? I haven't it can someone help me?

[RoberThor]

Hi Guys,
I had the same problem, installation goes well untill Grub, it just wouldn't install. After 6 beers etc i found the dumbest solution: during installation you are asked to configure Network Mirror for receiving updates. I never used it when installing Kali on VBoxes (right now I'm installing it as main OS). So, for a change, I clicked Yes,but I left the field blank. Lo and behold: installation successful! Give it a try and good luck!
R.

[RoberThor]

Oh yeah, I forgot to say. I first starded with Live Install, than from inside there 'Install Kali' -in the applications, and than had that problem with Grub. Fixed with Network Mirror 'Yes' and blank.

[grprajapat]

Complete solution available here
http://www.techsarjan.com/2016/01/ho...et-device.html