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0005905Kali LinuxKali Package Bugpublic2019-12-11 11:272020-12-01 10:42
ReporterMartinVed Assigned To 
PrioritynormalSeveritycrashReproducibilityunable to reproduce
Status closedResolutionopen 
Product Version2019.4 
Summary0005905: Kali USB Boot from Mac Os Catalina Startup Disk Manager
Description

Terminal command dd if=kali-linux-2017.1-amd64.iso of=/dev/sdb not functioning - could be my error so I downloaded the gnome-disk-utility to create the USB drive directly in Virtual Box.

I was able then able to reboot in Live Mode using Virtual Box but not from Mac OS Catalina 15.1 Disk Manager.

When restarting MAC and pressing OPTION to select the USB drive, it runs, but eventually the kernel goes into "panic mode", it stops, and gives a message the the kernel is corrupted.

I bought the Mac Linux USB Loader, and the exact same problem happens when booting directly for Mac Os Catalina Disk Manager on start up.

Steps To Reproduce

I followed all the instructions and indications entirely from Chapter 2 in the Kali Revealed Book, using the exercise answers to corroborate all my work.

All work, including keys verified, done directly in Kali Linux 2019.4 (with all up to date updates) running in Oracle's Virtualbox.

That's all that I can reproduce for you since in start up mode, no other option is available (other than filming with my phone, but the text since while boot up is running is extremely small).

Additional Information

I am using a:

MacBook Air (Retina, 13-inch, 2018) , with T2 security chip.
MacOs Catalina 10.15.1
Memory: 8 GB 2133 MHz LPDDR3
Processor: 1.6 GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i5
Graphics: Intel UHD Graphics 617 1536 MB

Activities

Gamb1t

Gamb1t

2019-12-11 22:19

manager   ~0011648

Are you trying to boot Kali on your MacBook, or are you trying to create a bootable USB drive of Kali using your Mac?
MartinVed

MartinVed

2019-12-11 22:27

reporter   ~0011649

I am trying to boot Kali on my Mac. I have successfully created a USB drive which I have used to successfully boot Kali in Live Mode within VBox.
Gamb1t

Gamb1t

2019-12-12 00:30

manager   ~0011651

Unfortunately Linux on Macs is all over the place due to the kernel versions. You can try to do the following: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2018/11/apple-t2-chip-cant-boot-linux however I am unsure if it will work as Kali is based off of Debian testing which has kernel version 5.3 and according to this https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NVMe-Patches-LKML-Apple-Mac we may not even see support for the storage in the 5.4 kernel.

If you make any progress on getting it to work, feel free to update the ticket as it could make a good reference for others.
Balling

Balling

2019-12-18 22:51

reporter   ~0011714

You can just use usb-c -- sata or thunderbolt3 -- nmve external disk (without access to internal nvme disk as of now). I usually use it, or windows 10))

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g77iw6hl2GU
g0tmi1k

g0tmi1k

2020-12-01 10:42

administrator   ~0013899

This report has been filed against an old version of Kali. 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
2019-12-11 11:27 MartinVed New Issue
2019-12-11 22:19 Gamb1t Note Added: 0011648
2019-12-11 22:27 MartinVed Note Added: 0011649
2019-12-12 00:30 Gamb1t Note Added: 0011651
2019-12-18 22:51 Balling Note Added: 0011714
2020-12-01 10:42 g0tmi1k Note Added: 0013899
2020-12-01 10:42 g0tmi1k Status new => closed