Kali Linux installation failures
There tin plough over notice move a broad diverseness of reasons for a Kali Linux installation to fail. This could include issues such every bit a corrupt or incomplete ISO download, non plenty disk infinite on the target machine, etc. The next article volition plough over yous or too hence pointers on what to await for when your Kali Linux installation has failed. The next is an illustration of the dreaded “Red Screen”, indicating the installation encountered a problem.
Hitting the transcend along push should accept yous to the Debian installer master copy menu. From that master copy menu, browse to the “save debug logs“:
Going into the debug logs, yous are presented alongside several ways of transferring the installation log files away from the failed installation. The virtually convenient fashion is unremarkably to showtime a spider web server on the motorcar undergoing the installation.
Once yous conduct this option, a spider web server is started from which yous are able to download or persuasion several installation log files.
Look over the logs files for anything irregular, or whatever mistake messages which await similar they mightiness move the drive of your failed installation. In this case, the target motorcar did non stimulate got plenty disk infinite to install Kali Linux, every bit was seen towards the cease of the syslinux log file
Aug xix 23:45:05 base-installer: error: The tar procedure copying the alive arrangement failed (only 152937 out of 286496 files stimulate got been copied, final file was ).
Aug xix 23:45:05 main-menu[927]: (process:7553): tar: write error: No infinite left on device
Aug xix 23:45:05 main-menu[927]: WARNING **: Configuring 'live-installer' failed alongside mistake code 1
Aug xix 23:45:05 main-menu[927]: WARNING **: Menu special 'live-installer' failed.
Aug xix 23:50:23 main-menu[927]: INFO: Modifying debconf priority limit from 'high' to 'medium'
Aug xix 23:50:23 debconf: Setting debconf/priority to medium
Aug xix 23:56:49 main-menu[927]: INFO: Menu special 'save-logs' selec
