Installation : Failure reading sector 0x0 from hd0

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Hi,
I try to install kali on a disk where Ubuntu is already installed (on sda). Erase all is ok.

What have you tried:
When I boot on a usb device, I’ve the blue screen ton install kali, and when I click on “graphical installation”, I’ve this message : Installation : Failure reading sector 0x0 from hd0

I want to install it on the ssd disk. My device (hdd) where I want to install Kali:

lsblk | grep sd
sda    8:0    0        447,1G     0    disk
    sda1    8:1    0   250M       0    part    /boot/efi
    sd2     8:2    0   446,9G     0    part    /

I’ve already installed kali on a laptop with no problem at all.

Can you help me please ?

Thanks
F.

What is the error:
Failure reading sector 0x0 from hd0

What device is this on:
/dev/sda

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I think you need to disable Secure Boot in your BIOS.

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Thanks, but I think I don’t have a “secure boot” option in the BIOS.

In the boos section, I’ve just :

  • GO2BIOS (not activate)
  • AUTO CLR_CMOS (not activate)
  • Boot select mode (LEGACY+UEFI and UEFI)
    …

Maybe that the “hd0” must be “sda” ?, but how to correct this ?

F.

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UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) is a firmware interface that replaces the legacy BIOS, and it’s used to boot modern operating systems, including Linux. UEFI provides a more flexible and standardized boot process, enabling features like Secure Boot and faster boot times

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Legacy mode is another way of disabling secure boot on an older system

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As Fred said, select Legacy mode to disable secure boot.

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what device is this?

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the label, hd0, sda, sdb etc isn’t important as long as you point the installer at the correct device, I’m assuming your disk/storage device has already these partitions on it you mention?

If you only want to install Kali on there, before starting the installer, from the live boot, use GParted to delete all the partitions on the target disk, create a single partition formatted ext4 and the installer will be able to see it and recreate the partition and file structure it needs.

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There’s just “UEFI” and “LEGACY+UEFI” in the select mode.
“LEGACY+UEFI” is already set, and it’s not working.

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is the SSD disk : Ubuntu is already installed on it.

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hello,

It seems there’s the best option I have :frowning:

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There’s only a command line with grub, in the installation kali’s disk.
There’s another way to manage partitions ?

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From the Kali live image, you have GParted

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Hi,
So, it’s working, but I’ve another question about installation, 'cause it seems that Kali want to recreate partitions on my existings disks.
Obviously, I DON’T want to…

The installation process is not very clear, so, how I can I tell Kali to not “touch” the others disks ?

Thanks

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If you are dual booting, then the first thing you need to do is create another partition from within your existing OS where your Kali is going to later live.
If your dual booting with Windows, then from Windows, format this partition as FAT32 and the Kali installer will be able to see it and use it for install.

Then, when you use the Kali installer, tell it to use this FAT32 partition space to install Kali into.

Kali WILL want to right to the EFI partition, as any OS will, this is where your boot loader lives to boot Windows and any other OS you want to install.

Guide here;

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Hi,
Sorry for my late reply.
But it’s ok, I succeed :slight_smile: .

Thanks for all people .

F