Virtual Machines within a virtual machine is possible. There are someOn Tue, 21 Oct 2014 18:06:53 +1100
Scott Junner <scott.junner@gmail.com> wrote:
> I still haven't managed to get Linux installed on a separate
> partition on my desktop. I can get it to go through the process to a
> point, then it freezes up and I boot back to windows to try and
> figure out why.
>
> For now that's another story.
>
> While I'm reading stuff, I've come across Kali -Linux, which is very
> interesting and confusing. On the downloads page it only seems to
> have a download for VMWare (amd64). Does this mean I have to run
> VMWare and then install Kali-Linux as a virtual machine
> within...say...Windows, or is there a way to install it as the
> Primary OS? Is that even a good idea? I don't get it? What's this
> thing with VMWare?
>
> By extension, does this also mean that when PenTesting a virtual
> machine like Metasploitable I end up with a Virtual Machine within a
> Virtual Machine. This is getting a little like a nightmare strait out
> of 'Inception'. Surely this can't be right.
>
scenarios where this makes sense, but not many.
Daniel.
> Cheers
> Scott
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