It will really be handy to have multiple OS running in your PC, but if you dont have the hard disk space or Enough primary drive to boot multiple drive, the concept of virtualization is what you are looking for.
Using virtualization you can have multiple virtual OS running your PC at low cost. "virtualization refers to the act of creating a virtual (rather than actual) version of something, including virtual computer hardware platforms, operating systems, storage devices, and computer network resources" this is the definition given by Wikipedia for virtualization.
INSTALLING KALI LINUX AS VIRTUAL MACHINE IN VirtualBox
Lets see how to create virtual version of all the above, but for this you need a software tool called hyper-visor. A hyper-visor allows to create virtual machine on a system or technically speaking host hardware. VirtualBox is a well know hyper-visor used by thousands of people for virtualization purpose.
Today lets see how to install Kali Linux in a VirtualBox to run as virtual machine, but before that if you are not aware of Kali Linux here is an introduction about it. Kali Linux is operating system based on Debian derived Linux, it is highly used in fields like penetration testing and digital forensics.
You need to download VirtualBox and Kali Linux for this purpose here are the links for them :
VirtualBox : Go Download
Kali LInux : Go Download
Since it is a lengthy process, here is the video tutorial of how to install it ,
You can follow the above method to install VirtualBox in other OS like Mac OS, Linux, Solaris and run other virtual environments.
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Friday 30 September 2016
