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inKaliLinux,Tutorials/Tips/onMarch24,2013at6:54pm/
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ThisarticleisastepbystepguideonhowtodualbootWindows7andKaliLinuxonasingleharddiskdrive (HDD).KaliLinuxiswhatusedtobe
BackTrackLinux,adistributiondesignedforpenetrationtestingandsecurityprofessionals.Itshipswithabout300penetrationtestingandhacking
applicationsinstalled.
WhileBackTrackisbasedonUbuntu,KaliLinuxisbasedonDebian,andusesthecompleteDebianInstaller.Asaresult,theinstallationprocessis
differentfromthatofBackTrack,whichusesUbuntusgraphicalinstallationprogram.
TheobjectivehereistoshowhowtoinstallitonanHDDalongsideanexistinginstallationofWindows7,withtheWindows7bootmanager asthe
masterbootloader,sothatattheend,whenthecomputeris(re)booted,youwillbepresentedwithabootmenuthatlooksjustliketheoneshownbelow.
SelectingWindows7bootsthesystemintoWindows7andchoosingKaliLinuxwill,bydefault,takeyoutotheKaliLinuxbootmenu,whichisthesame
thingastheGRUB2menu,theversionofGRUBusedbyKaliLinux.
TobypassKaliLinuxsbootmenu,simplyeditthefilenamed/etc/default/grubandchangeGRUB_TIMEOUT=5toGRUB_TIMEOUT=0.Thenrun
theupdategrubcommand.
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Nowthatweknowwhattodo,andwhattheresultwillbe,letsgetitdone.Ifyouhavenotdonesoalready,downloadaninstallationimageofKaliLinux
fromhere.
1.ShrinktheWindows7CDrive:MytestsystemhasanexistinginstallationofWindows7ona500GBHDD,withjusttwoprimarypartitions.Thisis
howtheyappearinWindows7spartitionmanager .ThetaskhereistoshrinktheCdrivetocreateroomforinstallingKaliLinux.Todothat,rightclick
ontheCdriveandselectShrinkVolume.
Note:IfyouintendtoinstallWindows7afresh,thisprocesswillbealoteasierifyousetasidethefreespacethatwillbeusedforKaliLinux
duringtheinstallationofWindows7.
IfyouhaveenoughfreespaceontheCdrive,thesystemwillsuggesta5050splitofthefreespace.Whichisjustgoodenoughforthistestinstallation.
Shrink.
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Aftertheoperationhascompleted,youshouldseethenewlyreclaimedspacenexttotheCdrive.Youmayexitthepartitionmanagerandrebootthe
computer.BesuretohavetheinstallationdiscofKaliLinuxintheopticaldrivebeforerebooting.
2.InstallKaliLinux:ThebestoptiontoselectonKaliLinuxsbootmenuisGraphicalInstall.Itgivesyouapointandclickinstallationprocess.Install
worksjustaswell,buttheinterfaceisncursesbased.
ForinstallingKaliLinux,thefollowingpartitionswillbecreated:/boot,/,/home,andSwap.Inthatorder.The/homepartitionisoptional.Atthedisk
partitioningmethodsstepoftheinstallationprocess,yougetabunchofoptions.Becausenoneoftheguidedoptionswillcreateaseparate/bootpartition,
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creatingthepartitionswillhavetobedonemanually.SoselectManualandclickContinue.
HereyoucanseetheexistingWindows7partitions,bothofwhichareprimarypartitions.Thefreespace,reclaimedfromWindows7inthepreviousstepis
whatwillbeusedforcreatingthepartitionsforKaliLinux.Tostartcreatingthepartitions,selectthefreespaceandclickContinue.
Createanewpartition.Continue.
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ThisshowsthetotalamountofdiskspaceavailableforKaliLinux.The/bootpartitionwillbecreatedfirst,soyouneedtospecifytheamountofdiskspace
forit.
Forthistestsystem,Iassigned300MBtoit.Continue.
Becauseyoustillhavetwoprimarypartitionstouse,youcancreatethebootpartitionasaprimaryorlogicalpartition.Eitheroptionwillwork,butthe
installerpreferscreatingitasaprimarypartition,ifthebootloaderisgoingtobeinstalledinit.Forthistestinstallation,Ichosetocreateitasalogical
partition.Continue.
Beginning.Continue.
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Thisstepshowsthedetailsofthebootpartitionyoujustcreated.Theonlythingyouneedtochangehereisthemountpoint.Doubleclickingonitwill
openanotherwindowwhereyoucanspecifythecorrectmountpoint.
Hereswhatitshouldlooklikeafterthemountpointhasbeenspecified.TheotheroptionyoumightwanttochangehereistheBootableflag.
Thereisagoodreasonitshouldbeenabled,butthesystemwillbootevenifitisdisabled.ItjustdependsonyourBIOSversion.Forthistestinstallation,it
wasdisabledandthesystemstillworkedperfectly.
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Heresthefinaldetailsofthebootpartition.ScrolltoDonesettingupthepartition,thenclickContinue.Notethatthestepsyouusedtocreatetheboot
partitionwillberepeatedfortheotherpartitions.
Backtothemaindiskpartitioningwindow,youcanseethebootpartitionyoujustcreated,plustheremainingfreespace.Select,thefreespace,thenclick
Continue.
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20Comments
1.
NICKsays:
April14,2014at11:58am
Youneedtosetit/not/boot
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2.
krishnasays:
April10,2014at10:48am
hiallniceinfoiamrunningwindows7ultimateincdriveandhave2morelogicalpartitionsamd1unallocatedpartition/space.iwanttoinstallin1
ofthese2logicalpartitionsnothavingwindows.howmayidothis?
shouldihavetoremergepartitionstocandddrivesandrepartiteusindkali?pleasesuggestmewaytoinstallanddualbootitwithwin7sothati
wontgetanyproblemsinmyexistingwindows.thanxinadvanceforhelp
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Diviksays:
April11,2014at12:39am
HowmuchmemoryyouwanttoallocatetoKali?
FormeIhaveoverall500GbHDDsoIallocated170toWindowsand100GbtoKaliandresttomyDatathatcanbeusebothinKaliand
Windows.
PleasepostyourwindowsDiskStoragemaptoUnderstand.
HowtoOpenDiskStorageMap.
RightClickonMyComputer>Manage>onleftpanelDiskManagement.
PostthatImagetohelpyoubetter.
contactmeviamail:dbz.divik@gmail.com
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3.
Juliensays:
November9,2013at8:12am
Doesntworkformeto
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DivikRastogisays:
November9,2013at9:46am
WhatProblemyourgetting?
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4.
Alexsays:
September13,2013at9:08pm
Ifollowedtheinstructionsandinstalledkaliintomylaptopandnowitssaying:
BOOTMGRismissing
PressCtrl+Alt+Doltorestart
IamunabletobooteitherOS.
Howdoifixthis?Helpplease!
Reply
Diviksays:
September14,2013at7:23am
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Yourwindowsmayhavecorruptwhileinstalling.
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5.
Diviksays:
July20,2013at1:20am
ThanksbutrightnowImaccessingitbyusingotheraccount
username:root
password:theonewhichIcreatedattimeofinstallingit..
Reply
6.
Troysays:
June25,2013at8:55am
Ididitasspecifiedandmycomputerbootstomissingoperatingsystem!Thatsit!IboottowindowsbootmanagerandigetthisFile:\Boot\BCD
Status:0xc0000225Info:Anerroroccuredwhileattemptingtoreadthebootconfigurationdata.
Whatisthebestwaytofixthis,Iwasthinkingreinstallkaliagain,butchangeastepor2withthebootoptionsorgrubIdontwanttoscrewitup
worsethough.itseemedtobootfinewhenimadethenewpartitionwithwindowsdiskmanagersoiwentaheadtoseeifkaliwouldinstallandit
seemedallgooduntilthestepwhereitwassupposedtoboottowindowsforthelaststeps.lol
Ihopeididnotscrewituptoobad.plshelp!Thx.
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Troysays:
June25,2013at10:19am
Alsoicanstillbootthelivekalidvdandseethedrivewithwindowsonitandallmyfiles
Reply
Diviksays:
June27,2013at9:37am
TrytouseUSBforinstallingandliveBootKali.
IfyouwanttoinstallKalitrytodeleteallfreepartitionusingwindows.
Reply
Diviksays:
June27,2013at9:39am
usewin32diskmanagertomakeliveUSB.
https://launchpad.net/win32imagewriter
Tryit.
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7.
Diviksays:
June23,2013at4:04am
HihaveinstalledKaliasyoutold.
ItisopeningaswellasbutIhaveaprobleminAuthenticationasitisshowingonlyloginforOtherUserandifImtypingmyusernameand
passwordAuth.Faliure
https://imageshack.com/a/img29/6412/uima.jpg
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finidsays:
June23,2013at4:49am
ShouldntyoubelogginginasKY?Isthattheuseryoucreatedduringinstallation?
Reply
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Diviksays:
June23,2013at5:18am
IcantclickonthatUSERonlyotheroptionisavailtome.
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finidsays:
June23,2013at5:48am
Ifthatistheuseryoucreatedduringinstallationandyoucannotclickonit,thenobviously,somethingsnotright.Ifyousetroots
passwordduringinstallation,trylogginginwithrootastheuseraccount.Ifyoucandothat,youcanthencreatedanotherusersee
ifthatworks.
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Diviksays:
June23,2013at6:23am
Itriedtousingotheroptionandtryingentermyusernamebutstillauthfailure.
Isthereanywaydatnottocreatepasswordwhileinstalling
Diviksays:
June25,2013at2:04am
IreinstalledKalibutsameerrorcanlogin
Suatsays:
July19,2013at6:27pm
TrytoaddanewuseratloginscreenbyholdingCTRL+ALTF2typethefollowingcommandwithoutquotes:suandgiveroot
passwd
ifyoudon`thaveaccesstorootpasswordthenyoucantrythissudopasswdfortocreateanewone
Onceyougottherootaccessyoucanaddanewuserbytyping:adduserdivikhittheenterandchooseapasswordforthe
newlycreateduseraccount.WhenyouaredonewiththatnowyoucanexitorrebootorholddownCTRL+ALTF7togoback
tologinscreenandloginwithyournewuseraccountinfo.
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8.
Shariqsays:
June3,2013at11:24pm
IhaveLenevoG580andIhaveinstallWin764,whenIfollowaboveprocedurebutIhavemorethan4partitionbutitsnotappear.duringprocedure
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