BlackArch Install

The first step is to download the ISO file from the official BlackArch page, which offers three options. The easiest and best option is the slim ISO.

Now that you have downloaded your ISO file, it is time to flash it to a USB drive. In this instance, I will use Balena Etcher, but feel free to use any other flashing software if you wish. All you have to do is put in the flash from the newly downloaded ISO file to the CORRECT storage drive and hit flash.

After you have done that you will need to boot up into the USB drive so you shutdown your device and you will need to press a key to access the boot menu such as ESC, F2, F10(it could be something else but that depends on your system)after that you should see a screen with bootable drives(not too sure how to show it but you get the idea)all you have to do is navigate to the drive you flashed the ISO on and hit enter then you should see a screen like this:

All you do is hit enter and wait until you see a login screen where the default password should be blackarch.

Once logged in, you should see a file on the desktop called Install-BlackArch, no need for wifi or Ethernet connection.

To start the installation process, all you have to do is double-click the "Install BlackArch" file to be greeted with a graphical installer(if it asks for authentication, just use the same password as earlier: root, blackarch or blackarch, blackarch)

Now, after you enter your language, location, and keyboard layout, the next option is partitions. In this case, I will erase the disk and make sure to install the OS on the correct disk and add a swap partition if you want(in my case, I won't be doing this) If you have existing partitions just pick the one to replace, if you are reinstalling we usually use the mid partition table to isntall BlackArch, and the last one on the right for Kali.

Then just choose a username, device name, password, and an administrator(root) password, and click next

All that's left now is to double-check you’ve made the right decisions and hit install

Once complete shutdown the system remove the USB and boot into the hard drive with the OS installed on it, and there you have it, a fresh install of Blackarch Linux.

If you want to keep the Red grub menu you will have to edit the boot oder on your BIOS and change it to Kali, then boot to kali since the menu is probably not up to date with the new install. Run the command "sudo update-grub" then reboot and the new menu entry should be there, if you want to edit the menu you can use the app grub-customizer or you can install it with "sudo apt install grub-customizer"