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. [Link]
How to Install Kali Linux inside Windows
Vmware Settings
- Download and Install VmWare WorkStation [Link]
- 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
Kali Installations
- 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!