HOW TO INSTALL KALI LINUX IN VIRTUAL MACHINE STEP BY STEP

Installing kali linux( backtrack 6 ) is not much harder as it was in down 1,2,3 versions of backtrack but anyway if you are stuck some where this step by step guide to install kali linux under virtual machine . why virtual machine ?

Because it gives you a safe environment to play and explore without damaging your physical hard drive , or any data loss what you should know before continue :

*Basic knowledge of virtual machine’s
*Basic knowledge of networking concepts ( TCP IP )
*Basic linux or any *nix ( if you ever worked on Linux then you are good to go )
*Time and patience

What is required :


1. Download Kali LinuxISO
2. Virtual machine ( i am using VMware workstation in tutorial , if you have virtualbox or vmplayer then its good installation process is pretty same in every virtual platform )


Installation Process :

1 : Click on create new virtual machine

create new virtual machine

2 : choose ISO

choose ISO

3 : Select Guest Operating System

select guest operating system

4 : Set name and location

5 : Set disk space ( 20 GB is good enough, minimum 12 GB to work smoother )

6 : Review the hardware configuration and start the virtual machine 

Select Graphical Install

7 : Select Graphical Install go through normal language and timezone host-name selection etc
Set your “root” password and don’t forget it

set root password and don’t forget it

8 : Disk Partition ( if you are installing freshly without any dual boot then simply use guided and use full virtual disk )

use full virtual disk

9: Select hard-drive and select all-in-one ( for new users ) or if you don’t know just choose all in one

use full virtual disk

10 : click on finish partitioning and write changes to disk , choose yes to write

11 : wait until installer finish copying files setting system




12 : set network mirror and set boot-loader ( very important )

13 : after installation restart and login with username ” root ” and password ( what you set at step 7 )

kali linux

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few things to do :

apt-get update

apt-get upgrade

click on vm > snapshots
and create snapshot
and when you break or get messed up with your virtual machine just revert back to snapshot

HOW TO INSTALL VMWARE TOOL IN BACKTRACK 5 R3 STEP BY STEP

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In this tutorial i will cover how to install vmware tools and additionally how to install

Reboot and login with default username and password

username : root 

password : toor

Before installing vmware tools

ONLY KDE users , fix unable to create symlink problem :

root@bt:~# mkdir /etc/cups/ppd

Prepare Kernels Source 

root@bt:~#prepare-kernel-sources

Change Root password of backtrack 5 R3 installation 

root@bt:~#passwd root

Enter New UNIX Password : 

 Retype New UNIX Password :

passwd : Password Updated Successfully

After Prepare kernel sources now , Install vmware tools
1 : Eject and Disconnect Backtrack if its still mounted
2 : Click on vm and choose install vmware tools
3 : If mount automatically then its okay else mount manually

root@bt:~#mkdir /mnt/vmtools 

root@bt:~#mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/vmtools/ mount : block device /dev/sr0 is write-protected, mounting read-only 

root@bt:~#cp /mnt/vmtools/VMwareTools-8.8.4-743747tar.gz /tmp 

root@bt:~#cd /tmp 

root@bt:/tmp#tar zxpf VMwareTools-8.8.4-743747tar.gz 

root@bt:/tmp#cd vmware-tools-distrib/ 

root@bt:/vmware-tools-distrib/#perl ./vmware-install.pl


it will ask many question if you are not sure just go with defaults and when it finish installing simply type fix-splash

root@bt:fix-splash 

root@bt:reboot

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HOW TO INSTALL BACKTRACK 5 R3 IN VIRTUAL MACHINE STEP BY STEP

In this tutorial i will show you how to install Backtrack 5 R3 , its easy and simple just follow given simple steps:-
Prerequisites : 

1 : Vmware Workstation or Vmplayer

Download Workstation

or 

Download VMplayer

2 : Bakctrack ISO

Download 

Installation Steps :

Step 1: Create a New Virtual Machine

Step 2 : Choose installer ISO ( choose backtrack 5 ISO )

Step 3: Choose Linux as your guest operating system type and Ubuntu as version

Step 4: Give a name and location of your backtrack VM

Step 5: Specify virtual hard drive space ( 20 GB is good enough )

Step 6 : Then click finish from ready to create vm window

Step 7 : Hit enter to go boot screen then choose default boot text mode and hit enter

Step 8 : HIT ENTER AT THIS POINT

Step 9 : Type startx to start GUI ( x server )click on Install backtrack icon or open terminal type sh -c “ubiquity” 

Step 10 : And continue like normal installation choose keyboard type and provide location infoif you are installing just backtrack then go normally and erase and use entire disk or if you installing backtrack with other OS then specify partition accordingly ( in this tutorial m using virtual hard-drive )

Step 11 : Click on forward and click on install

Step 12 : Wait until it finish installingit will take up-to 30 minutes depend on your system

>>>>These topics will covered in next tutorial....

*Network Configuration

*Virtualbox guest audition installation

*Vmware tools installation

*Backup and recovery

*Snapshots

....These topics will covered in next tutorial<<<<

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