0001395: Kali installation in VirtualBox

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0001395	Kali Linux	General Bug	public	2014-06-07 20:59	2025-07-14 09:38

Reporter	jaimechiquita111	Assigned To	muts
Priority	normal	Severity	minor	Reproducibility	always
Status	closed	Resolution	no change required
Product Version	1.0.7

Summary	0001395: Kali installation in VirtualBox
Description	I've installed Kali 1.0.7 and 1.0.6 in VirtualBox (updated). Selectiong the graphical install it rolls well. When 1st reboot to start Kali OS from GRUB without Live-CD it gives an error after the 'decompress_kernel' 'Decompressing Linux' It gives an error and is unable to start kali.
Additional Information	Instalation in Fixed size VDI.
Attached Files	VBox.log.1 (216,605 bytes) VBox.png (2,383 bytes) VBox.png (2,383 bytes) VBox.log (197,483 bytes) VBox.png.1 (2,383 bytes)

qwertzuj 2014-06-08 01:36 reporter ~0002066 Last edited: 2014-06-08 01:37	Make sure that you enable: Enable I/O APIC Enable PAE/NX Enable VT-x/AMD-v Working like this on my end Here is a good tutorial: http://www.blackmoreops.com/2014/04/08/detailed-guide-installing-kali-linux-on-virtualbox/

jaimechiquita111 2014-06-08 16:24 reporter ~0002068	Was about PAE/NX After enabled it work. Thank you for the help.

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2014-06-07 20:59	jaimechiquita111	New Issue
2014-06-07 20:59	jaimechiquita111	File Added: VBox.log.1
2014-06-07 20:59	jaimechiquita111	File Added: VBox.png
2014-06-07 21:00	jaimechiquita111	File Added: VBox.log
2014-06-07 21:00	jaimechiquita111	File Added: VBox.png.1
2014-06-08 01:36	qwertzuj	Note Added: 0002066
2014-06-08 01:37	qwertzuj	Note Edited: 0002066
2014-06-08 16:24	jaimechiquita111	Note Added: 0002068
2014-06-09 07:14	muts	Status	new => closed
2014-06-09 07:14	muts	Assigned To	=> muts
2014-06-09 07:14	muts	Resolution	open => no change required
2025-07-14 09:36	g0tmi1k	Priority	high => normal
2025-07-14 09:38	g0tmi1k	Severity	crash => minor