Figure 2.20 Guest Operating System Installation
The wizard assumes that you want to install the operating system immediately and asks you to
select the ISO image containing the installation program (Figure
2.20
, “
Guest Operating System
Installation
” [page 39]). Select “Installer disc image file (iso)” and click on Browse to select the
image file.
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Figure 2.21 Select a Guest Operating System
When the operating system cannot be detected from the selected ISO image, the wizard asks you
which guest OS type you intend to run. You should select “Linux” for the OS and “Debian 10.x
64-bit” for the version, as shown in Figure
2.21
, “
Select a Guest Operating System
” [page 40]. We
select ”Debian 10.x” due to Kali Linux being constantly updated to the newest version of Debian.
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Figure 2.22 Name the Virtual Machine
Choose ”Kali Linux” as the name of the new virtual machine (Figure
2.22
, “
Name the Virtual Ma-
chine
” [page 41]). As with VirtualBox, you also have the option to store the virtual machine files
in an alternate location.
Figure 2.23 Specify Disk Capacity
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The default hard disk size of 20 GB (Figure
2.23
, “
Specify Disk Capacity
” [page 41]) is usually suf-
ficient but you can adjust it here depending on your expected needs. As opposed to VirtualBox,
which can use a single file of varying size, VMware has the ability to store the disk’s content over
multiple files. In both cases, the goal is to conserve the host’s disk space.
Figure 2.24 Ready to Create Virtual Machine
VMware Workstation is now configured to create the new virtual machine. It displays a summary
of the choices made so that you can double-check everything before creating the machine. Notice
that the wizard opted to allocate 2048 MB of RAM to the virtual machine, which is sufficient for
our needs. If the allocated value is lower, that is not enough so click on Customize Hardware... (Fig-
ure
2.24
, “
Ready to Create Virtual Machine
” [page 42]) and tweak the Memory setting, as shown
in Figure
2.25
, “
Configure Hardware Window
” [page 43].
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Figure 2.25 Configure Hardware Window
After a last click on Finish (Figure
2.24
, “
Ready to Create Virtual Machine
” [page 42]), the virtual
machine is now configured and can be started by clicking ”Power on this virtual machine” as
shown in Figure
2.26
, “
Kali Linux Virtual Machine Ready
” [page 44].
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