Can't get Kali Linux USB or SD to boot on Chromebook

[0phoi5]

Thanks for getting in touch haze, it worked! :D

I followed the tutorial in the link you provided to install crouton on my usb then I installed kali sana using

sudo sh -e ~/Downloads/crouton -r sana -t xfce

liked you said, then it worked!

I'm still playing around with it but it seems to be working fine.

Also my pineapple nano arrived today so I can fart around with that as well :)

Thanks again!

You're more than welcome

[legendary_]

haze1434, thak you for the nice tips. I installed version kali sana, but could not root acess. Now, i'm trying to make one flash 'kali' driver.

[legendary_]

dreaming with one full kali linux flashdrive ready for chromebook.

[legendary_]

Job done.

First i want to say: citruspi, i'm thank you for the share.

Prerequisites
• Samsung ARM Series 3 Chromebook (Dev Mode
Enabled!)
• Another computer (to write the disk image)
• 8+ GB USB Drive or SD Card
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Download & Write

Download Kali Linux for the Chromebook from https://www.offensive-security.com/kali-linux-arm-images/
and extract the .img file from the gunzip archive.
I opted to use Win32 Disk Imager to write the image
to my flash drive. It can also be used to write the
image to an SD Card.

Modify

Plug your flash drive (USB 2.0 port) or SD card into
the Chromebook. Open the shell through the
CROSH :
1. Control + Alt + T
2. Type in shell and press return

List the devices:

$ lsblk | grep disk

If you have a flash drive, you should see sda . If you
have an SD Card, it should be mmcblk1 .
Depending on what you use, there are a different set
of instructions below.
 
Flash Drive
$ sudo cgpt repair /dev/das

# Now, we set the priority of the boot partitions.

$ sudo cgpt add -i 1 -T 5 -P 5 -l KERN-A /dev/das
$ sudo cgpt add -i 2 -T 5 -P 10 -l KERN-B /dev/sda

Then, we enable cross system booting:

$ sudo crossystem dev_boot_usb=1

SD Card

$ sudo cgpt repair /dev/mmcblk1
Now, we set the priority of the boot partitions.

$ sudo cgpt add -i 1 -T 5 -P 10 -l KERN-A /dev/mmcblk1
$ sudo cgpt add -i 2 -T 5 -P 5 -l KERN-B /dev/mmcblk1

Then, we enable cross system booting:

$ sudo crossystem dev_boot_usb=1

Wrap Up
When you see the OS Verification is Off screen on
boot up, press Control + U to boot into Kali Linux
or Control + D to boot into Chrome OS (but you
already knew that, right?).
Login with
username password
root toor
You can use startx to launch the GUI.

I tested with SD and it worked for me. Credits for @citruspi

bibliography: https://citruspi.io/kali-on-chromebook/

[cooper]

I find the SD card sticking out the side to be far too fragile, so I went with Gentoo on a USB stick. My issue with ArchLinux was that their kernel was built without the option that allowed it to assume the USB drive stayed put across a resume (on sleep the USB bus is effectively cleared of devices and on resume it gets rescanned and devices are added accordingly - without that kernel config option the kernel would assume that USB disk to not be the one that was there at the moment of sleep). Do you know how Kali fares in that regard? I realize you're booting off of SD, but could you run this:

zcat /proc/config.gz | grep CONFIG_USB_DEFAULT_PERSIST

I'm hoping that it will say that config option was 'y', otherwise using a USB stick won't work with Kali either.

[legendary_]

cooper, exactly. thanks for the good observation point.

[☮☭]

I am using kali on a Toshiba Netbook ND200 - 2gb ram // 1.60ghz ATOM processor // 32-bit

I only paid £30 for the netbook so its a great portable addition to my collection. kali runs pretty well for most basic functions although if i have to push it i use my desktop.

[nycjay01]

Hi I had a really hard time getting kali to work. Not sure if this is the right way (Im sure there's better) but it works and I can even install virtual box on my kali usb set up to run windows 10 on my acer chrombook.

I used this bios upgrade:

https://johnlewis.ie/alls-well-that-braswell/

It will enable you to chose a usb drive for booting (you have to have a live usb running kali)

When you choose your usb you should see the usual kali linux live install screen. proceed as usual.

I have not figured out how to keep my changes also (and I might be doing this wrong) since the usb is an image file I dont know how to use the rest of my usb for storage so if you start installing you will run out of space even if you have a large usb drive I think it will go back to the acers HD I only have a 32gb so space added up quick after windows 10 VM.

 

 

 

 

[Dheeraj]

Simply start by making your kali linu USB Bootable.

For that you will need

1. Win32 disk manager.

2. A USB with minimum 4GB storage.

After that you can easily convert your USB to Bootable Linux USB

Now Follow the steps in this link to make Kali Linux USB https://youprogrammer.com/install-kali-linux-usb/

After successfully installing Linux in USB you can enjoy it until you format it. After formatting, follow the above steps again.

 

[Dheeraj]

12 hours ago, Dheeraj said:

Simply start by making your kali linux USB Bootable.

For that you will need

1. Win32 disk manager.

2. A USB with minimum 4GB storage.

After that you can easily convert your USB to Bootable Linux USB

Now Follow the steps in this link to make Kali Linux USB https://youprogrammer.com/install-kali-linux-usb/

After successfully installing Linux in USB you can enjoy it until you format it. After formatting, follow the above steps again.

 

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[Dheeraj]

12 hours ago, Dheeraj said: