You can also download the ISO file for Kali Linux and create a new virtual machine but why do that when you have an easy alternative 1. Note that Windows cannot share data well if its moved to a Linux ext n partition, though. We are going to use a custom Kali Linux image made for VirtualBox specifically.
#INSTALLING KALI LINUX ON VIRTUALBOX INSTALL#
During Kali Linux setup process, the install wizard should detect if its inside a VM. Better yet, shared data for programs such as Thunderbird, Firefox and LibreOffice can stay on the Windows partition even when running the native Linux version of the software. After all this is done, we save, start up the VM, and then continue installing Kali Linux as we normally would for a bare metal install. If all goes well, then perform the installation.įollowing this procedure has worked well for me for a number of installations, and I can run programs installed on the Windows partition using WINE. Test out the version of Linux you plan to use by running it from a USB flash drive without installing anything on the HDD. In Windows, there are a number of excellent free tools for this, such as Macrium Reflect Free and DriveImage XML. Creating a 20 GB disk image or larger will allow you to install the tools and finish the installation. On the higher end, if you opt to install the default Xfce4 desktop and the kali-linux-default metapackage, you should really aim for at least 2048 MB of RAM and 20 GB of disk space. Covered in this tutorial: Creating a proper Virtual Machine for Kali Linux Installing Kali Linux to a hard disk inside the Virtual Machine Install VirtualBox Guest Addition Tools in Kali Linux Setting up shared folders in VirtualBox with your Kali Linux installation Note: The instructions below were performed with the latest version of VirtualBox which at the time of this tutorial is 4.2.8. From the VirtualBox menu, select Devices > Insert Guest Additions CD Image. accidents do happen.įirst make a disk image so that you can revert to a working OS. The installation documentation for Kali Linux says that. To install it, boot into Kali Linux (which you just installed). The caveat "theoretically" is because there is some danger that partitioning could completely wipe a disk. If you dual boot Windows and Linux, you will need to create an additional partition, but theoretically should lose no data.
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