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I've just installed Kali Linux on my SD card that I use with Raspberry. This new OS I think is very good, but at the installation I don't have the opportunity to overclock as it is possible with Raspbian so I'd like to try to check differences. How could I do?

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  • I don't have Kali. But is there a /boot/ folder with a config.txt file in it? Alternatively if you put the SD card in a normal computer, is there a fat32 partition? Commented Mar 27, 2013 at 5:11
  • Yes there is the /boot/ folder but is empty Commented Mar 28, 2013 at 11:24
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    Add the config.txt file and put some overclocking settings in there Overclocking Settings and see if that works. Commented Mar 28, 2013 at 12:31
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    config.txt is read by the hardware, afaik, so that should be the solution independent of your OS Commented Apr 30, 2013 at 0:51
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    Guess I should have sourced that: "The Raspberry Pi config.txt file is read by the GPU before the ARM core is initialised. It can be used to set various system configuration parameters." (elinux.org/RPiconfig) Commented Apr 30, 2013 at 13:15

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While the post above me shows you how to install raspi-config, it won't actually get the config.txt file working. Simply making /boot/config.txt puts the file in the wrong place for the Kali install. I followed the instructions here: http://rageweb.info/2013/11/07/bootconfig-txt-in-kali/ and it worked for me. The problem is that /boot/ isn't actually the boot partition, so you are placing the file in the wrong place (even though it seems right).

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  • Here there is the solution to install raspi-config rageweb.info/2013/03/21/raspi-config-in-kali but I still have problem with overclock :S Commented Mar 30, 2013 at 22:07
  • The correct path seems to be /dev/mmcblk0p1/ instead of /boot/. The first is the actual boot partition in Kali. Commented Mar 30, 2015 at 11:24
  • @Mast No, the correct path by from that blog would be /fat32/. /dev/mmcblk0p1 is a device node representing the partition that is being mounted on the /fat32 directory (the "mount point"); after it's mounted, you can access the partition through the mount point directory. Commented Mar 30, 2015 at 14:03
  • If you then want to use raspi-config as per @AlessioMTX 's comment, you would have to edit /usr/bin/raspi-config and change CONFIG=/boot/config.txt (about line 9) to CONFIG=/fat32/config.txt. Commented Mar 30, 2015 at 14:09
  • @goldilocks /fat32/ is an arbitrary name here, as stated in the link. Wouldn't that inverse your comment? Commented Mar 30, 2015 at 14:14
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While you may not be able to install raspi-config, you should still be able to create the file /boot/config.txt. Once config.txt is in /boot/, add any required parameters.

In your case, check out some of the overclocking options in the eLinux wiki. As always is the case with overclocking, be careful!

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