Friday, November 21, 2014

partitioning - Can't boot up a Kali Linux USB (UEFI)

I would like to create a USB with GRUB bootloader (or other) and Kali which can be used on any machine (alongside the main os already installed ). I've installed Kali on a USB (64 GB) stick and everything went just fine


Just a note: I've used another USB stick which had the ISO file on it during the installation . I've created two partitions like that:



  • / partition: 57.5 GB

  • swap : 3.5 GB as a swap area


In the end of the installation I've got a prompt that everything went fine, and the installation completed. The prompt said I should reboot my computer and start using Kali. but when I restarted my computer, I couldn't see any bootloader window, and I couldn't see my Kali in the UEFI devices list at the bios as well. Why is that? And How can I boot up my Kali?


I've tried to install grub using a kali live session, as described here.


But after entering this command:


grub-install /dev/sdd (dev/sdd is my USB stick )
I've got the message:


grub-install: error: cannot find EFI directory.


Which is kind of make sense because I dont have an EFI partition.I just want to be 100% sure before I do anything.


In order to be able to boot up my Kali-linux from GRUB bootloader?
Should I create a /boot/efi partition or something like that during the installation?

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