Yes you can surely boot Kali on the Mac hardware. I suggest you to go through the official documentation of the Kali to install or dual boot Kali on Mac Hardware If you want to install Kali Linux on a mac/macbook. Yes you can do that, but not without messing with your OS X installation.
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Hi everybody, I need some help to get through a problem. I have a mac with only OSX, I want to make a partition and install also Kali-Linux. I got through several guides on the internet which make me install rEFInd, burn DVDs etc but nothing happened.
The last one I tried which is the Kali-Linux official one make me install rEFInd, burn a DVD with Kali-Linux, restart the mac, hold the option key, select the cd named 'windows'(by the mac with Kali-Linux) and begin the Kali-Linux installation. The problem is that once I clicked on the 'windows' (Kali-Linux) live cd a black screen appeared with a blinking dash on it, and nothing did happen.
What should I do?
Thanks for the help.
I am running Kali 1.1 on Parallels 9 for Mac and am having some issues.
Firstly, the WiFi doesn't work (normal for use within a virtual machine, but also isn't working with my external wireless card with confirmed functioning chipset. I am hoping the second issue's solution will solve this one too.
Parallel Tools - I tried three or four different ways (from a virtual disc, copied to the Kali environment from the virtual disc [as it didn't have execute permissions on the disk itself], and also follwing several threads from forums - listed below). All of these attempts resulted in the an error message: 'An error occurred whn downloading required components for Parallels Tools installation. -Kernel sources Install these components and try again'
I don't have any clues as to what sources may be missing.
Download Kali Linux To Usb
Any other ideas about how this might be solved? Anyone already done it?? I can't find anything else.Another thing I tried was to boot Kali from a USB drive (dual booting, not through virtually with Parallels), which took a long time as one must 'copy' the .iso file to the USB stick with the 'dd' funtion. This however also didn't work. It actually didn't even make it into Kali, it froze while still at the dual boot screen, subsequently blowing out my USB port, requiring a SMC reset on my macbook pro.
All of these experiences are leading me to believe that Kali, running on kernel version 3.18 is simply not compatible with current versions of the other software involved.
I would be greatful for any help. Here are 5 links to forums/methods I have used, none of which worked so far.
forum (dot) parallels.com/threads/problem-installing-tools-on-3-18-kernel.327491/
forum (dot) parallels.com/threads/trying-to-install-parallels-tools-on-kali-linux.327779/
download (dot) parallels.com/desktop/v6/docs/en/Parallels_Desktop_Users_Guide/22570.htm
EDIT #1: For a look at the log file, please follow the link in the first comment below from AustinMW: naxrevlis (dot) com/?p=19
EDIT #2: I have now just decided to dual boot from SSD, which is working as one would hope. I did manage to make a bootable Kali USB, using a program called Rufus in Windows, which created both EFI and BIOS boot methods.