I'm trying to install Kali Linux (amd64) alongside Windows 8 (x64). I have prepared suitable free disk space (the second and third partition were formated to ext4 (the first, the primary, NTFS)), and I placed Kali Linux there. The last thing done by Installator was to prepare GRUB. My Windows 8 was succesfully identified (as Windows Vista) and whole process ended without any errors. Unfortunatelly, when I'm booting my PC now, it still uses MBR, so that the newly installed Kali Linux is not recognized.
I tried proceeding with the installation twice. Always with same results.
How do I successfully replace MBR with Kali Linux's GRUB?
Answer
If you only used the Kali Linux graphical installer, maybe you could try and install GRUB manually with:
grub-install /dev/sdX
grub-mkconfig /boot/grub/grub.cfg
If GRUB is not working, you can still add Kali Linux to the Windows boot menu with the program EasyBCD. How to do it is explained in Dual-boot Windows 7 and Kali Linux at step number 3.
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