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0003655Kali LinuxGeneral Bugpublic2016-10-06 17:192018-01-29 12:53
Reporterp4nd4 Assigned Tog0tmi1k  
PriorityhighSeveritymajorReproducibilityalways
Status closedResolutionsuspended 
Product Version2016.2 
Summary0003655: kali (ISO and installation) doesn't boot in EFI mode
Description

Hey!

I've got a Thinkpad T530 which is configured to EFI only (CSM is disabled). I downloaded kali 2016.2 ISO and put it on a USB stick.

First thing, the EFI folder is missing in the ISO. So I added a grub2 from fedora 24 to /EFI with a configured grub.cfg and now the kali sticks boots without a problem. I can start the live system and the installation.

Now, first I tried to install kali with an encrypted LVM. But after the successful installation, it won't boot. At the end of the installation I saw that the installer installed grub2-efi-amd64. I tried several chroot sessions to recreate the EFI and the boot partition but without any luck.

After giving up the encrypted LVM, I used a normal LVM and now my last try was an installation without an LVM. But none of these worked.

I also tried with the 'boot-repair-disk' to recreate the boot loader.

Some more information:
The kali isntaller created the following partitions:
/dev/sda1 EFI
/dev/sda2 /boot
/dev/sda3 crpyto LVM or LVM

the last installation without LVM
/dev/sda1 EFI
/dev/sda2 /
/dev/sda3 swap

Activities

Conder

Conder

2016-10-09 14:49

reporter   ~0006039

Write Kali ISO to USB via "dd" on Linux, then there is also EFI folder. Or you can extract EFI folder from /BOOT/EFI.img.

Check if you have created EFI boot entry for GRUB.
p4nd4

p4nd4

2016-10-09 22:43

reporter   ~0006040

Last edited: 2016-10-10 00:01

Thx Conder for your reply and sorry, I forgot to mention that I already tried the EFI folder from the efi.img but after selecting my USB stick in the boot menu my notebook does nothing - screen stays black (which is strange - if there'd be no option to boot the Thinkpad would jump back to the boot menu entries). I'll try it with a dd from a Linux system and report afterwards.

EDIT:
Copied the "kali-linux-2016.2-amd64.iso" to my usb drive - still no EFI folder on it.
(followed http://docs.kali.org/downloading/kali-linux-live-usb-install )
g0tmi1k

g0tmi1k

2018-01-29 12:53

administrator   ~0008239

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 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
2016-10-06 17:19 p4nd4 New Issue
2016-10-09 14:49 Conder Note Added: 0006039
2016-10-09 22:43 p4nd4 Note Added: 0006040
2016-10-10 00:01 p4nd4 Note Edited: 0006040
2018-01-29 12:53 g0tmi1k Assigned To => g0tmi1k
2018-01-29 12:53 g0tmi1k Status new => closed
2018-01-29 12:53 g0tmi1k Resolution open => suspended
2018-01-29 12:53 g0tmi1k Note Added: 0008239