Kali Linux and the NVMe

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Hi everyone, I’m David. I have the Uconsole with all the HackerGadgets upgrades! I’m running Kali Linux (thanks REX) on the standard console from an SD card. Yesterday, I tried to get Kali running on the NVMe drive! I flashed Kali to the NVMe using rpi Imager, but the console wouldn’t boot. Then I booted from the SD card and saw that Kali didn’t recognize the NVMe. Next, I flashed Bookworm to the SD card, and Bookworm recognized the NVMe. I then adjusted the configuration according to REX’s instructions. I installed rpi Imager in Bookworm and flashed Bookworm to the NVMe. Bookworm booted! After that, I flashed Kali again, and it still wouldn’t boot! Does anyone have any idea how I can get this working? I’m using the AIO board, battery with NVMe and adapter board, CM5 with WLAN/8GB RAM. Thanks!

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You got a uConsole with a newer screen. I’m updating my images to work with it now. Only have 5 images that support it right now.

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Thanks a lot, Rex! But why isn’t Kali recognizing the NVMe drive? When I boot from the SSD and watch the LEDs, the green one only blinks 5 times and that’s it. It looks like the SSD isn’t even being accessed during boot. You’re the expert!! I hope it works soon. Thanks!

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I have a newer version, I can get it to boot when doing the initial setup and install. But.. Once the batteries drain, and the unit turns off.. I cannot get it to boot again… even after 24 hrs of charging.

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@Mr. Hotwire. Can you boot Kali from the NVMe?

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I have not tried yet, I can barely get past updating without there being issues, blank screens and the inability to reboot successfuly.

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I’m so happy! I solved the problem and Kali Linux is booting from the NVMe! :grinning_face::grinning_face::grinning_face:

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How did you solve the problem ?

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  1. I flashed Bookworm to the SD card.

  2. Update EEPROM according to REX’s instructions

  3. Then I installed the rpi-imager in Bookworm.

  4. I copied the Kali image from REX to Bookworm and flashed it to the NVMe drive

  5. I mounted the boot partition from the NVMe drive.

  6. I edited the config.txt file.

    From:

    [pi5]
    #dtoverlay=clockworkpi-devterm-cm5
    dtoverlay=clockworkpi-uconsole-cm5
    dtoverlay=vc4-kms-v3d-pi5,cma-384
    dtparam=pciex1=off
    dtparam=uart0

    to:

    [pi5]
    #dtoverlay=clockworkpi-devterm-cm5
    dtoverlay=clockworkpi-uconsole-cm5
    dtoverlay=vc4-kms-v3d-pi5,cma-384
    dtparam=uart0
    dtparam=pciex1
    dtparam=pciex1_gen=3

  7. Shut down, remove the SD card, and restart. Enjoy

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How did you do that ?, I’m new to linux and uconsole…

Bookworm not Trixie ?

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Yes, I use Bookworm to flash Kali to the NVMe drive using the Raspberry Pi Imager. This should also work with Trixie. To mount the NVMe drive, you just need to open the data manager and click on the boot partition. Then edit the Config.txt file there!

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Thank you, thats a route I didn’t think of taking.

:slight_smile: