USB Boot in VirtualBox
To get started we first will need to download the Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack. After downloading this pack we can launch VirtualBox and select âPreferencesâ under the âFileâ tab. From here we navigate to âExtensionsâ and select box with a green plus and add the pack.
After this we will need to be sure to add our account to the vboxusers
group if we are on Linux:
We then have to log out and log back in. We can now continue with USB 2.0/3.0 access. Lets start with a fresh opening of VirtualBox.
From here we will be creating a new VM. We can name it whatever we want and select âLinuxâ as the type and âDebian (64-bit)â as the version.
We can continue forward selecting 2GB of memory.
We want to be sure to not create a virtual hard disk. This will ask for confirmation, confirm it and continue.
We can now edit our settings. Under âMotherboardâ in âSystemâ we will be enabling EFI.
Next under âProcessorâ in âSystemâ we will be increasing the processor amount to 2.
Now we navigate to âUSBâ and we select the USB icon with the green plus. We add our Kali Live USB drive and ensure we are set to USB 3.0.
We can now complete the setup and boot the VM. We should get the Live Boot menu if all went correctly.
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