I installed Kali on my USB and it worked fine on my Windows PC but when I launch it on my Macbook Pro (using rEFInd) it says "end kernel panic - not syncing vfs unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0 0)"
How do I fix that??
got this when I tried to unmount it, how can I tell?
disk0 was already unmounted or it has a partitioning scheme so use "diskutil unmountDisk" instead
never mind, I just unmounted via DU
Can you use the steps for the OS X side and test?
Ok just did, still no change. What I do see is that the USB I formatted as GPT disk, after I dd'd it, it says on DU it's format is MS-DOS(FAT16).
Please post the output of diskutil list.
it's disk 4
/dev/disk0
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *320.1 GB disk0
1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1
2: Apple_CoreStorage 297.0 GB disk0s2
3: Apple_Boot Recovery HD 650.0 MB disk0s3
/dev/disk1
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: Apple_HFS Macintosh HD *296.7 GB disk1
Logical Volume on disk0s2
7B9DD9D3-DE78-4C29-B1D7-64D7552D40FE
Unencrypted
/dev/disk3
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: FDisk_partition_scheme *3.1 GB disk3
1: 0x17 3.0 GB disk3s1
2: DOS_FAT_12 NO NAME 110.1 MB disk3s2
/dev/disk4
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: FDisk_partition_scheme *32.0 GB disk4
1: 0x17 3.0 GB disk4s1
2: DOS_FAT_12 NO NAME 110.1 MB disk4s2
You have two disk, 3.1 and 32Gb with the same content. To complete any IO, you will traversing OS X to get to the device(s). I think you should ask the Kali folks for help.
Ok will do, I really appreciate your help!!!
Please post back with information from the Kali side, for future readers of this discussion.
My question is why even install Kali? It's pretty much only a command line OS mostly useful for traversing the Dark Web or working with security software included with the distro. I installed it just to see what the big deal was. Not that big so I removed it. They do have a downloadable version for the Mac that boots from a
USB stick that's easy to use.
Good thing he found you (or vice-versa) for help. I remember your help when I got jammed up with my Fusion Drive. Really appreciated your help.
Using Kali Linux via bootable USB
