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I am using now ubuntu 18.04.1 and i wanna make dual boot with kali linux. How to do that?

kestura kestura
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    Nothing in this question is about information security, i.e. the question is off-topic. It basically asks how to install another Linux distribution in parallel to an existing one. – Steffen Ullrich Nov 25 '18 at 06:12
  • Yep that is so but where need i question this when not in forum where all user are using kali linux – kestura kestura Nov 25 '18 at 06:31
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    Not everybody is using Kali Linux here. Not everybody using Kali Linux is on this site. Not every question which could be answered be somebody here is automatically on-topic. Try superuser.com. – Steffen Ullrich Nov 25 '18 at 06:35

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I have done this countless times, when I used to experiment with Linux a lot.

First things first, you need to allocate space for your Kali Linux installation, I recommend a minimum of 50gb. You can do this using a partition editor, like GParted.

Now, you should have some un-allocated space, which is where we will stick the Kali installation.

Burn the Kali Linux ISO to a USB, using a tool suck as dd, or Rufus (instructions to do so here).

Now, we will boot from the USB. Each computer is different, you will need to search that one up.

When the Kali Linux boot menu is show, choose Graphical install, by using the arrow keys and enter.

Proceed to choose your language, location, etc etc, until you get to the partitioning screen. From there, select Manual.

You will see your partitions, select the un-allocated (FREE SPACE) space that you setup previously, then choose Create a new partition, then choose how much space you want for the installation (the maximum amount should already be filled out).

Make sure that Use as: is set to EXT4, as this is the most used filesystem. Mount point should be /, Mount options: default, and set the Label to anything you want, for example: Kali Linux.

Then set the Bootable flag to On, so that you can boot from the Kali machine. You can set it to off, but you will need to upgrade the GRUB2 in Ubuntu for Kali to show up.

Then choose Done, Finish, and here is a really important step: It should say something like If you continue, the changes written below will be written to the disks. MAKE SURE that only one change is there, it should say something like: partition #(partition number) of SCSI... as EXT4.

If it has only one entry, choose Yes, then wait for it to install the system.

The next input, should be Configure the package manager, and it will ask if you want to use a network mirror, select No, then Yes on the GRUB bootloader installation screen (that is, if you selected yes to make the partition bootable), then select /dev/sda, or whatever hard-drive you are using.

Then, you are done, wait for it to say Installation complete.

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