Kali Live not booting, stuck on blinking cursor
I have a laptop which i have previously successfully installed Kali on to, i ended up installing debian over it later on for other purposes.
I have recently revived my interest in security and was intending to install Kali onto a partition on the free space on my hard drive. I created a bootable usb with unetbootin of the kali 1.0.9a image.
When i try and boot off the usb all that happens is it opening to a blank screen with a blinking cursor. I have read this could be related to graphics incompatibility but have not found any solutions. The laptop has on board Geforce GT 640m.
IF anyone knows what could be the problem any advice is appreciated :)
Cheers.
system-installation kali-linux
asked Dec 28 '14 at 0:38
ZekdudeZekdude
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I have a laptop which i have previously successfully installed Kali on to, i ended up installing debian over it later on for other purposes.
I have recently revived my interest in security and was intending to install Kali onto a partition on the free space on my hard drive. I created a bootable usb with unetbootin of the kali 1.0.9a image.
When i try and boot off the usb all that happens is it opening to a blank screen with a blinking cursor. I have read this could be related to graphics incompatibility but have not found any solutions. The laptop has on board Geforce GT 640m.
IF anyone knows what could be the problem any advice is appreciated :)
Cheers.
system-installation kali-linux
asked Dec 28 '14 at 0:38
ZekdudeZekdude
1113
add a comment |
I have a laptop which i have previously successfully installed Kali on to, i ended up installing debian over it later on for other purposes.
I have recently revived my interest in security and was intending to install Kali onto a partition on the free space on my hard drive. I created a bootable usb with unetbootin of the kali 1.0.9a image.
When i try and boot off the usb all that happens is it opening to a blank screen with a blinking cursor. I have read this could be related to graphics incompatibility but have not found any solutions. The laptop has on board Geforce GT 640m.
IF anyone knows what could be the problem any advice is appreciated :)
Cheers.
system-installation kali-linux
asked Dec 28 '14 at 0:38
ZekdudeZekdude
1113
I have a laptop which i have previously successfully installed Kali on to, i ended up installing debian over it later on for other purposes.
I have recently revived my interest in security and was intending to install Kali onto a partition on the free space on my hard drive. I created a bootable usb with unetbootin of the kali 1.0.9a image.
When i try and boot off the usb all that happens is it opening to a blank screen with a blinking cursor. I have read this could be related to graphics incompatibility but have not found any solutions. The laptop has on board Geforce GT 640m.
IF anyone knows what could be the problem any advice is appreciated :)
Cheers.
system-installation kali-linux
system-installation kali-linux
asked Dec 28 '14 at 0:38
ZekdudeZekdude
1113
asked Dec 28 '14 at 0:38
ZekdudeZekdude
1113
asked Dec 28 '14 at 0:38
ZekdudeZekdude
1113
asked Dec 28 '14 at 0:38
ZekdudeZekdude
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asked Dec 28 '14 at 0:38
ZekdudeZekdude
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I was trying with Rufus to create the bootable USB and had the same problem. I tried with Win32 Disk Imager and it worked for me.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager/?source=typ_redirect
answered Jan 4 '15 at 2:02
maikymaiky
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Hey, thanks for the response, i tried what you said. There is a slight change, when i boot to the usb it opens the kali menu (install/live etc.) but when i select an option it takes me back to the blank screen again.
– Zekdude
Jan 5 '15 at 18:29
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I was trying with Rufus to create the bootable USB and had the same problem. I tried with Win32 Disk Imager and it worked for me.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager/?source=typ_redirect
answered Jan 4 '15 at 2:02
maikymaiky
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Hey, thanks for the response, i tried what you said. There is a slight change, when i boot to the usb it opens the kali menu (install/live etc.) but when i select an option it takes me back to the blank screen again.
– Zekdude
Jan 5 '15 at 18:29
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I was trying with Rufus to create the bootable USB and had the same problem. I tried with Win32 Disk Imager and it worked for me.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager/?source=typ_redirect
answered Jan 4 '15 at 2:02
maikymaiky
1262
Hey, thanks for the response, i tried what you said. There is a slight change, when i boot to the usb it opens the kali menu (install/live etc.) but when i select an option it takes me back to the blank screen again.
– Zekdude
Jan 5 '15 at 18:29
add a comment |
I was trying with Rufus to create the bootable USB and had the same problem. I tried with Win32 Disk Imager and it worked for me.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager/?source=typ_redirect
answered Jan 4 '15 at 2:02
maikymaiky
1262
I was trying with Rufus to create the bootable USB and had the same problem. I tried with Win32 Disk Imager and it worked for me.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager/?source=typ_redirect
answered Jan 4 '15 at 2:02
maikymaiky
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answered Jan 4 '15 at 2:02
maikymaiky
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answered Jan 4 '15 at 2:02
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answered Jan 4 '15 at 2:02
maikymaiky
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Hey, thanks for the response, i tried what you said. There is a slight change, when i boot to the usb it opens the kali menu (install/live etc.) but when i select an option it takes me back to the blank screen again.
– Zekdude
Jan 5 '15 at 18:29
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Hey, thanks for the response, i tried what you said. There is a slight change, when i boot to the usb it opens the kali menu (install/live etc.) but when i select an option it takes me back to the blank screen again.
– Zekdude
Jan 5 '15 at 18:29
Hey, thanks for the response, i tried what you said. There is a slight change, when i boot to the usb it opens the kali menu (install/live etc.) but when i select an option it takes me back to the blank screen again.
– Zekdude
Jan 5 '15 at 18:29
Hey, thanks for the response, i tried what you said. There is a slight change, when i boot to the usb it opens the kali menu (install/live etc.) but when i select an option it takes me back to the blank screen again.
– Zekdude
Jan 5 '15 at 18:29
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