Intro:-Kali linux is modified version of Linux purely made
for hackers and upgraded version of Backtrack. It is Swiss knife for hackers or
you can call it modern day operating system for hackers. I would like to call
holy grail for hackers.Here i am going to show you how to install kali linux through virtual machine in Windows System, process is same for Mac too.
Requerement
-Virtual machine ( VMware or Virtual Box )
-Utorrent or Bit torrent (to download iso file)
Tutorial
Step 1-
- Download Kali LinuxISO (either 32bit or 64bit )
- virtual machine ( i am using VMware workstation in tutorial , if you
have virtualbox or vmplayer then its installation process is
pretty same in every virtual platform )
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Step 2- Installation Process
1.Open Vmware workstation software, And click Create New Virtual Machine. Typical is selected by default as shown in the image and Click Next.
2.Next you will be asked to select the ISO file, click browse window & select the downloaded ISO file.
3. Select the Guest Operating System type as Linux & let version to be Debian 7.x64bit (it depends upon 32 bit or 64 bit you have downloaded)
4. Set name (whatever you like) to your virtual machine and location where you got minimum of 20GB free space.
5. Set Disk space (20 GB is good enough) and check store virtual disk as a single file since it will be easier to move and change to other formats.
6. Review the hardware configuration and click on Customize Hardware if you want to Change your RAM, CPU and Network adapter settings (by default RAM size is 512mb if you have more RAM you can change it to 1GB)
7. Choose the adapter settings that suites your environment, Bridged works for me.
8. Click close & Finish to complete the VM creation.
Kali Installation
Once your VM is created, you can power up the machine. You will see the below screen as soon as you start your VM, This article is created based on Graphical INSTALL method. If you want you can choose any method to install,all the option shown below are installation method.
1. Select Graphical Install and press Enter Next they are self explanatory, you will be asked to enter Language, Keyboard and Country details etc .click Next and set your "root" password as shown below .Don't forget your root password.
2. Disk partition (if you are installing for the 1st time simply use default guided and use entire disk)
3. Select
hard-drive and select all-in-one ( for new users ) which is default selection.
4. click
on finish partitioning and write changes to disk , and choose yes to write as shown on image below
Next choose yes to write changes to disk
5. Now actual installation starts wait till installer finish copying file system.
It will take about 10 minutes to complete the process after that you have to set network mirror and bootloader
6. set
network mirror and set boot-loader ( very important )
After this choose yes to install the Grub boot loader to the master record as shown below
Once the installation is completed and restart You will get the login screen just like below.
Congratulation now your kali is ready to rock n roll.
If you have any question in our tutorial we will be happy to answer you and you can watch video tutorial as well in our YouTube channel.
