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2015-08-16, 10:43 AM

yzh503
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Kali 2.0 Installation Tips for Macbook Pro 2015

Retina
Hi all,
Kali 2.0 live
USB does not
really well
support
Macbook
pro 2015
Retina. I've
seen lots of
people
having
problems like
"black screen
after booting
from EFI",
"got a very
small
freezing
menu in the
top left
corner", and
"Legacy
bootloader
not found".
After a few
days
exploring, I
suddenly
found a
solution to

the booting
issue, and
now Kali 2.0
runs
perfectly on
my MBP
2015. The
following are
some tricks I
did.
1. Booting
problem
Step 1.
Prepare 1
USB sticks
and a free
partition on
your hard
disk.
Step 2. Make
a Kali live
USB stick
following
link.
http://docs.k
ali.org/downl
oading/kal...
ve-usb-install
Step 3. On
mac, in your
USB drive,
Open folders
EFI - BOOT.
Open
syslinux.cfg
with a text
editor.
Step 4.
Change
vesamenu.c
32 to
menu.c32.
Save the file.
Step 5.
Restart the
computer,
with the
option key
pressed.
Step 6.
Choose the
EFI option,
which is your
usb stick.

Step 7. Now
the booting
menu should
not be
freezing any
more.
Graphical
install and
install
options
should work.
If this does
not work for
you, you
may stop
reading
further.
2. Network
device not
detected
The
installation
wizard
cannot
identify
ethernet
card, so just
continue
without
network
configured.
We will
install the
network
driver later.
3. Network
driver
Once you
finish
installing,
boot into
Kali, and you
will see
network
device is
missing.
Type in
terminal
Code:
ifco
nfig

There is only
one "lo".
To fix this,
download the

firmware for
macbook pro
2015 from
here
https://git.ke
rnel.org/cgit/
linux/ke...43
602-pcie.bin
Copy the file
into
/lib/firmware
/brcm
Reboot and
you will see
WiFi is
working, but
still has no
network
access.
Start the
network
manager by
modifying
configuration
file.
Code:
root
@kal
i:~#
nan

Turn false to
true
Code:
root
@kal
i:~#
/et

Reboot and
WiFi should
work. This
may not
work on
ThunderboltEthernet
wired
network.
4. Cannot
boot into
OSX
Step 1. Hold
option when
booting, and
boot from
Mac HD.
Step 2.

Reinstall your
rEFInd.
Step 3.
Restart.

Last edited by yzh503; 2016-05-04 at 07:25 AM. Reason: update the steps
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2015-08-17, 09:54 AM

Nicely done =).

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2015-08-18, 05:37 AM

lovelyboy9870
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Thanks for the detailed tutorial yzh503. Just wanted to

share another way of booting/bypass black freezing screen
issue on Macbook Pro 2015 model.
1) Download and install rEFind with the following
command (use without quotes).
"sudo ./install.sh --notesp"
2) Create a bootable USB using the following tutorial.
http://docs.kali.org/downloading/kal...ve-usb-install
3) Restart the machine and keep holding "Option" Key until
you see the boot menu.
4) Select the "EFI Boot" or whatever the name of your
bootable device is.
Voila!!! You should now be able to live boot or install Kali
Linux 2.0 on your machine.

Once you are booted into Kali, You can use yaz503's
tutorial for getting the network to work.

Last edited by lovelyboy9870; 2015-08-18 at 06:53 PM.

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2015-08-18, 09:56 AM

yzh503

Originally Posted by lovelyboy9870

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Thanks for the detailed tutorial yzh503. Just wanted

to share another way of booting/bypass black
freezing screen issue on Macbook Pro 2015 model.
1) Download and install rEFind with the following
command (use without quotes).
"sudo ./install.sh --notesp"
2) Create a bootable USB using the following tutorial.
3) Restart the machine and keep holding "Option"
Key until you see the boot menu.
4) Select the "EFI Boot" or whatever the name of
your bootable device is.
Voila!!! You should now be able to live boot or install
Kali Linux 2.0 on your machine.
Once you are booted into Kali, You can use yaz503's
tutorial for getting the network to work.

Thanks for sharing!

Last edited by yzh503; 2015-08-18 at 09:57 AM. Reason: add quote

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2015-08-18, 10:51 PM

v3ru54n9u!s
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Any tips on getting force touchpad to work - at least

scrolling and left/right click. So far I can't find system
settings>admin tools>synaptic...
noob question but I hope you'll help
p.s. All issues mentioned above I have managed to bypass
by not getting an mbr partition on usb, then starting
system with alt pressed:
1st boot-black screen
2nd boot - partial/unresponsive menu

3rd boot - all ok

works all the times
after install installed rEFInd and have no problem booting,
although I wish there was an option to hide refind and only
bring it up by pressing another key when powering up my
macbook
I am running 15in 2015 mbp.
Regards
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2015-08-21, 02:58 AM

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I keep getting the black screen and cursor. Not quite sure
how to get around it.

Aug 2015
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2015-08-24, 06:27 PM

v3ru54n9u!s
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I have installed successfully built in wi-fi. Now when I plug

in AWUS036H it just flashes. If I turn it on it also turns on
built in wifi card. If I turn off built in wifi it turns off usb
wifi... I am going crazy... Google is as useful as suncream
in UK... Help ?

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#8

2015-08-30, 09:33 AM

OP's answer don't work for me :/

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see there : https://forums.kali.org/showthread.p...roRetina-2015

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#9

2015-09-29, 07:45 AM

ElleHarries

I tryed and it works well. Thank you for sharing!

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2015-10-03, 12:20 PM

Hoe

#10

Hi, I had manage to get into live boot, but keyboard

trackpad is not responding - i'm using the new macbook

by the way... Please help

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