Frequent Question: Is Kali Linux Uefi Compatible?
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Kali Linux is supported on amd64 (x86_64/64-Bit) and i386 (x86/32-Bit) platforms. … You should be able to use Kali Linux on newer hardware with UEFI and older systems with BIOS.

Should I force UEFI installation Kali Linux?

If you wish to install in UEFI mode and don’t care about keeping the ability to boot one of the existing systems, you have the option to force that here. If you wish to keep the option to boot an existing operating system, you should choose NOT to force UEFI installation here.”

How install EFI on Kali Linux?

How to EFI install Kali Linux

  1. Create a bootable USB thumb drive of Kali using the directions at
  2. On the thumb drive create the following folder structure /EFI/Boot.
  3. Download bootx64.efi from ftp://
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