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IDProjectCategoryView StatusDate SubmittedLast Update
0000236Kali LinuxGeneral Bugpublic2013-04-04 11:512018-01-29 11:01
Reporteromerta Assigned Tog0tmi1k  
PrioritynormalSeveritymajorReproducibilityalways
Status closedResolutionsuspended 
PlatformMacBook Pro, Processor 2.4 GHz,OSKali Linux i386OS Version1.02
Summary0000236: Native install of Kali on Macbook (Macbook Pro) fails.
Description

After the installation process a restart is required and the CD is ejected. Upon start-up, the Macbook does not recognize the filesystem and the user is left with a flashing "?" on the screen.

There are some issues relating to burning Debian/Kali distros on Mac OSX based on Disk Utilities not recognizing the file system, but I think that is unrelated because the CD burned fine, mounted fine, and "installed" fine; it just failed on startup after install.

Steps To Reproduce

1) Download ISO, burn it to CD.
2) Insert CD in Macbook Pro, restart
3) Presented with Kali screen, select install
4) Go through install process to end, and then restart comp
5) "?" "?" "?" "?"

Additional Information

I also noticed some issues booting the live CD on a Mac, but I haven't spent the time to reproduce yet.

Essentially, it was broken too.

Activities

omerta

omerta

2013-04-04 12:01

reporter   ~0000322

It appears information about my Mac was cutoff.

MacBook Pro
Processor 2.4 GHz Intel Core i5
Memory 8 GB 1067 MHz DDR3
Graphics NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M 256 MB
Software Mac OS X Lion 10.7.5 (11G63)
dookie

dookie

2013-10-17 21:35

reporter   ~0001024

You can't just install directly onto a Mac because of its bios. You'll need to have something like rEFIt installed:

http://refit.sourceforge.net/
s-900

s-900

2013-10-18 14:00

reporter   ~0001027

been there once.....
g0tmi1k

g0tmi1k

2018-01-29 11:01

administrator   ~0007953

Due to the age of the OS (Kali Moto [v1], Kali Safi [v2], Kali Rolling 2016.x), these legacy versions are no longer supported.
We will be closing this ticket due to lack of inactivity.

Please could you see if you are able to replicate this issue with the latest version of Kali Linux - https://www.kali.org/downloads/)?

If you are still facing the same problem, feel free to re-open the ticket. If you choose to do this, could you provide more information to the issue you are facing,and also give information about your setup?
For more information, please read: https://kali.training/topic/filing-a-good-bug-report/

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2013-04-04 11:51 omerta New Issue
2013-04-04 12:01 omerta Note Added: 0000322
2013-06-04 10:24 rhertzog Priority immediate => normal
2013-10-17 21:35 dookie Note Added: 0001024
2013-10-18 14:00 s-900 Note Added: 0001027
2018-01-29 11:01 g0tmi1k Assigned To => g0tmi1k
2018-01-29 11:01 g0tmi1k Status new => closed
2018-01-29 11:01 g0tmi1k Resolution open => suspended
2018-01-29 11:01 g0tmi1k Note Added: 0007953