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Kali will now begin to install the operating system. This could take a
while, so be patient. Now is the time to take
your bathroom break and get
your favorite beverage.
Once the installation is complete, you will be prompted as to whether
you want to use a network mirror. This really is not necessary,
so click No.
Then Kali will prompt you as to whether you want to install GRUB
(Grand Unified Bootloader), shown in Figure 14. A
bootloader enables you
to select different operating systems to boot into, which means when you
boot
your virtual machine, you can boot into either Kali or another oper-
ating system. Select
Yes and click
Continue.
Figure 14: Installing GRUB
On the next screen, you will be prompted as to whether you want to
install the GRUB bootloader automatically or manually.
For reasons as yet
unclear, if you choose the second option, Kali will tend to hang and display
a blank screen after installation. Select
Enter device manually,
as shown in
Figure 15.
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Figure 15: Entering your device manually
On the following screen, select the drive where the GRUB bootloader
should be installed (it will likely be something like
/dev/sda).
Click through to
the next screen, which should tell you that the installation is complete.
Congratulations! You’ve installed Kali. Click
Continue. Kali will
attempt to reboot, and you will see a number
of lines of code go across
a blank, black screen before you are eventually greeted with Kali 2018’s
login screen, as shown in Figure 16.
Figure 16: The Kali login screen
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Log in as
root, and you will be asked for your password. Enter whatever
password you selected for your root user.
After logging in as root, you will be greeted
with the Kali Linux desktop,
as in Figure 17.
Figure 17: The Kali home screen
You are now ready to begin your journey into the exciting field of
hacking! Welcome!
