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IDProjectCategoryView StatusDate SubmittedLast Update
0006323Kali LinuxGeneral Bugpublic2020-04-25 23:182025-07-14 09:38
Reportertempelt Assigned To 
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityalways
Status closedResolutionopen 
Product Version2020.1 
Summary0006323: kali-weekly-installer overwrites any bootloaders without notice!
Description

Kali-Weekly-installer overwrites/replaces existing bootloader!
At the end of the kali-Installation you would expect standard Debian-Grub-Dialogs, like:

Install the GRUB boot loader to the master boot record?
<Go Back> <Yes> <No>

Device for boot loader installation:
[o] Enter device manually
[ ] /dev/sda (ata-QEMU_HARDDISK_QM00001)
<Go Back>

Instead - Kali makes all these decisions silently and writes Grub to MBR (of all disks?)!
....on my macbook ;)
Anyway I really love your preseeds & this awesome distribution!!!

Steps To Reproduce

install virtual machines & real hardware

Additional Information

one of the best distros !! - I learned sooo much from using & exploring it!
thx!

Attached Files
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grub-install_sda+sdb.png (1,510 bytes)   
grub-install_sda.png (3,285 bytes)   
grub-install_sda.png (3,285 bytes)   

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g0tmi1k

g0tmi1k

2020-12-01 10:41

administrator   ~0013745

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
2020-04-25 23:18 tempelt New Issue
2020-04-25 23:18 tempelt File Added: grub-install_sda+sdb.png
2020-04-25 23:18 tempelt File Added: grub-install_sda.png
2020-12-01 10:41 g0tmi1k Note Added: 0013745
2020-12-01 10:41 g0tmi1k Status new => closed
2025-07-14 09:36 g0tmi1k Priority high => normal
2025-07-14 09:38 g0tmi1k Severity crash => minor