Install Kali Linux inside Windows
In this post, i will guide you how to install Kali Linux inside Windows. Instead of replacing your current OS or dual-booting it, this is another way to install.
What is Kali Linux? Kali Linux is one of the Best Operating System for Penetration Testing Hacking.
How to Install Kali Linux inside Windows
Vmware Settings
- Download and Install VmWare WorkStation
- Open Vmware WorkStation
- Click on Create a New Virtual Machine
- Tick Typical and click on Next
- Browse where you have the OS Image file
- Enter the Machine name, any name you like
- Specify the disk capacity
- Tick on Store Virtual Disk on Single file and click next
- Click on Customize Hardware if you want to edit anything
- Click on finish
- The virtual machine will started to mount the ISO file and boot it
- Wait until it finished booting
- Select Graphical Install
- Select desire language,location,locale and keyboard inputs
- Now it will loads components from the CD
- Enter the hostname and domain name. Domain name is the username. For example, if you leave all the name to default, it will be root@kali.
- Enter your password
- Now is the Disk Partitioning part, choose Manual and click continue
- Select the disk and choose Create New Empty Partition
- Click on Free Space, Create New Partition and click continue
- We will make a swap partition, so set the size to 4GB (recommended) or anything you like
- Select the Partition type as Logical and the location is at the End
- Click on Use As , set it to swap , Done Setting up the Partition, click continue
- Click on the Free Space again, Create a new Logical Partition and the size is up to you as long it’s not exceed the available space
- Just click on Done Setting up the Partition and click continue
- Click on Finish partitioning and write changes to disk
- Click Yes and continue
- You’re done! 😀 Wait for the system finish installing. After that just click on continue
- Wait for the machine to reboot and Enjoy pentesting!
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