System
Requirements
1.
Minimum 1 Gb of RAM (Recommended 2 Gb)
2.
Processor: 32-bit/64-bit processor
3.
20 Gb minimum of hard disk free space
4.
CD/DVD drive/USB drive
5.
ISO Image file of Kali Linux
6.
Internet connectivity (optional)
Creating
USB Bootable Flash Drive For Kali Linux On Windows System
Before
creating USB
bootable flash drive
for Kali
Linux,
you have prepared
the following
requirements
in order to create bootable
USB flash drive
for Kali
Linux:
1.
Download
the Kali
Linux latest/old version ISO image
from the official
website,
i.e.
2.
Download
and Install
a
USB
Bootable Creation Tool/Software
on your Windows
system.
Such as ‘Rufus’/’Universal
USB Installer’
Rufus
link: https://rufus.ie/
Universal
USB Installer link:
https://www.pendrivelinux.com/universal-usb-installer-easy-as-1-2-3/
Create
USB flash drive for Kali Linux using Rufus
1.
Once the Kali
Linux ISO image download
is completed, plug in a USB
flash drive/pen drive (at
least 8-16 Gb’s of space)
2.
Now open the Rufus
USB
bootable creation tool.
3.
Select the USB
drive from
the Device
list.
4.
Press Select
and
browse to the ISO
image,
you downloaded from the official website.
5.
In the Partition
scheme section,
select MBR
option.
6.
In Target
system section,
select BIOS
or UEFI option.
7.
In Volume
label,
give any name
to
your disk.
8.
Choose File
system as
FAT32
(default)
9.
Now, click on Start.
10.
You may be prompted with a warning
message,
i.e. Download
required
11.
You can click Yes
to
download the file.
12.
You might get a warning
about
Installing
in hybrid mode, i.e.
ISO
Hybrid image detected.
13.
Now, select Write
in DD image mode and
click on OK
button.
Creating
Kali Linux bootable USB stick using Universal USB Installer
1.
Windows users have to download USB
installer software
from the following link:
USB
installer is
used to put Kali
Linux into
the USB
stick
as bootable disk.
Note:
Make
sure you have atleast 8-16 Gb free space in your USB stick.
2.
After download, double-click the Universal
USB Installer setup.
3.
Press I
Agree.
4.
Now select Kali
Linux from
the drop-down
box.
5.
Press Browse
button
to select the downloaded Kali
Linux iso image file.
6.
Choose USB
stick drive and
press Create
button.
7.
Press Yes
button
to continue.
8.
Now press Close
button.
Kali
Linux 2020.1 Installation
1.
Plug the Kali
Linux 2020.1 bootable
USB flash drive into a system, where you want to install Kali
Linux 2020.1.
2.
Restart
the
computer
system.
3.
Press the Boot
device menu key
and select USB
to
boot
first.
4.
Select USB
device and
Start
the
Kali
Linux 2020.1 Installer.
5.
Select Graphical
Install option
and press Enter
key.
6.
Choose Language,
Region, Keyboard layout, etc.
7.
Wait for the Installation
components to
be loaded.
8.
Now, set your machine Hostname
and
click on Continue.
10.
Create a User
for
non-administrative
activities.
11.
Now, set Full
name and
User
name.
12.
Set Password
for
the User.
13.
Set desired Timezone.
14.
Now, follow the on-screen
installation.
15.
For Clean
Installation,
select Guided-use
entire disk in
the disk
partition screen
(Warning-clean installation will remove all other Operating Systems
installed on the computer system).
Note:
Recommended
method: Manual
Installation
Manual
Installation Procedure
Step
1: On Partition
disk,
select Manual
option
and click on Continue
button.
Step
2: Now, select the Partition
of
your choice and click on Continue.
Step
3: Select Automatically
partition the free space option
and click on Continue.
OR
If
you want to Create
a New Partition,
then follow the steps given below:
Step
1: Select the Create
a new partition option
and click on Continue
button.
Step
2: Enter Partition
size and
click on Continue
button.
Step
3: Partition
will
be Logical,
so we will select Logical
option
and click on Continue.
Step
4: Select Beginning
option
and click on Continue.
Step
5: Now, two important things on the next screen are Use
as and
/root
Note: i.
Use
as should
be Ex4
journaling file system
ii.
Mount
point will
be set to /root
Note:
In
order to change Mount
point,
double click on it, New
screen will
open and then you will select /root
option.
When
you are done, click on Continue
button.
16.
Select Done
setting up the partition and
click on the Continue.
17.
“Write the changes to disk and configure encrypted volumes”,
select Yes
and
click on Continue.
18.
Now, select Finish
and
then click on Continue
button.
19.
“Really erase the data on SCS13 (0,0,0), partition #2 (sda)?”,
click on Yes
and
click on Continue
button.
20.
Wait for the installation to start, it should take few minutes.
21.
If you have a Network
Proxy for
external
access,
then configure
it
in the next screen.
22.
Package manager apt
configuration
will start.
23.
Choose Software
applications and
Kali
desktop environment
to install and click on Continue.
24.
You can choose tools
based
on your Kali
Linux use
case-purpose for installation.
25.
Install the GRUB
boot loader to
the master
boot record,
so you can boot
your
Kali
Linux image.
26.
Now, select the Target
disk for
GRUB
Installation,
mostly the first
disk and
then click on Continue
button.
27.
Your installation completed successful, if you don’t see any error
message.
28.
Now, click on Continue
and
Reboot
your
Computer
system.
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