Operating System not found - Trying to install Kali Linux on VMWare.

[caller100]

Hi guys.

I'm a noob, so please go easy on me.

I exhaustively searched on this forum and elsewhere, but cannot find a definitive answer to my problem.

OK firstly, brief spec of my host machine:

HP w2207 Desktop PC
3GB RAM
Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit
500GB hard disk

OK, so it seems that VMWare does not like Windows Vista, especially 32-bit version. I am not able to install VMWare Workstation (all versions). So i read somewhere on the net that i have to use an older version of VMWare, so i installed VMWare 5 (which installs successfully). However, during the installation setup, i point to kali-linux-1.1.0a-i386.iso but it states that 'Cannot Read this file'. Specify a different file or select a different option to continue'.

Can someone please advise on what is going on here? Is this kali linux version not supported for VMWare 5? Do i need to install an older version of Kali Linux?

Is Windows Vista 32-bit not supported on VMWare at all?

Also, during the install of VMWare 5, i select 'I will install operating system later', then select Linux and Debian 5. However, once the install is complete, i play the virtual machine, i get the message - 'Operating system not found'.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

[duxim]

my opinion is that VM 5 is really too old and off course it can cause trouble. (new version is 12)
also it could be a problem with your installation of any Linux distro
maybe you can try VirtualBox as I saw it support Vista 32 bit
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/se...ort/index.html

[caller100]

Thank you for replying.

So does this mean that i will not be able to use VMWare on Vista?

I've never used VirtualBox. What is it? Is it the same as VMWare??

Thank you.

[aephlux]

Thank you for replying.

So does this mean that i will not be able to use VMWare on Vista?

I've never used VirtualBox. What is it? Is it the same as VMWare??

Thank you.

You can still use vmware on vista. I have succesfully run vmware(with kali) on vista sp2. You probably just need to update your player.