Kali Linux 2 – Assuring Security by Penetration Testing - Third Edition

Using Kali Linux

You can use Kali Linux in one of the following ways:

• You can run Kali Linux directly from the Live DVD
• You can install Kali Linux on the hard disk and then run it
• You can install Kali Linux on the USB disk (as a portable Kali Linux)

In the following sections, we will briefly describe each of those methods.

Running Kali using Live DVD

If you want to use Kali Linux without installing it first, you can do so by burning the ISO image file to a DVD. After the burn process finishes successfully, boot up your machine with that DVD. You need to make sure that you have set the machine to boot from the DVD.

The advantage of using Kali Linux as a Live DVD is that it is very fast to set up and is very easy to use.

Unfortunately, the Live DVD has ...