[enchanted_hack]

i dont know if this is the best place to post this but here is my problem:
i have 2 computers 1 desktop and one laptop, when i installed kali at my desktop it worked perfectly but when i tried at my laptop it didnt. i found the problem but i have to get into grub menu to fix it. at my desktop i can get into grub menu but it does not give me the option when i try to do it on my laptop.

laptop(dell 7559) specs: i7 6700HQ 8gb ram gtx 960m

[Faith Connors]

check your bios. my laptop didnt like when i installed debian and kept defaulting to my windows bootloader. this is really common for uefi systems.
under your boot disk, there might be another menu asking for which bootloader to start by default.

although, im not sure why you would choose to install kali fully instead of just virtualizing or running a livedisk.

[enchanted_hack]

check your bios. my laptop didnt like when i installed debian and kept defaulting to my windows bootloader. this is really common for uefi systems.
under your boot disk, there might be another menu asking for which bootloader to start by default.

although, im not sure why you would choose to install kali fully instead of just virtualizing or running a livedisk.

i did try it with live usb, again it worked on my desktop but it didnt on my laptop. ill check my bios thanks for the help

[CyberStrike]

Yes I had the same issue on my laptop just turned off UEFI it no further issues, I just had a machine where virtualization wasn't turned on btw in case if you want to use a VM double check that.

[venyas]

re install kali. when you get to the grub menu unplug usb 30 secs, replug and do nothing 30 secs, click the button. worked for me.

[enchanted_hack]

thanks for the advice guys i made it work 🤩

[Natifix]

I have been playing around with installation of various linux distros too and have discovered something recently that helped me with seemingly, the same problem. also, I forgot I had admin a password on the bios when I got the lappy, and later, when tried to change settings, i couldnt. so dont know if that helps

I just figured out my problem at not loading grub as due to improper selection of the partition. I have a 250 GB drive, and on that I can select /dev/sda ... iirc. If I create multiple partitions, I get a tree to select from like this.

something something PNY satalll 240GB something something (identifier information)
/dev/sda1
/dev/sda2

So what I was doing, was taking a formated ssd and creating multiple partitions in the installation process. then selecting the specific /dev/sda1 option... every time after installation I would get the: could not install grub boot loader ... something something error.

So what I did once I figured this out, was formated the drive, and then installed the OS, then partitioned the left over for the next OS. that said, when I am to select the drive and the boot loader, of course I'm to install into root, but with that just the first option on the drive list. I really don't know why or what yet, but I got it to work for me finally. I am running three OS atm on a tri boot machine while learning. as of yet I havent installed the other two OS since the last install of Ubuntu.

IDK why it doesnt like me selecting the specific partition, I have to research what was really going on to fully understand it. Its easy to install one OS but when you try to get three, and then in a specific order in the boot list... lol.

[enchanted_hack]

so i fixed my problem by installing linux on the desktop changing the setting that i had to change and then i cloned the drive and used it on my laptop. thanks to all of you!

[CyberStrike]

Awesome glad you got it working, this is a pretty helpful community.

[nicrolais11]

Hello Good Morning Man
Good Job :) 😁  😁