An installation step failed! Kali Linux 2016.2 64 Bit

Question

I have to sort through several hundred rows in a spreadsheet. I would like to try and automate this task with vba code but I don’t know how to go about it.

In the spreadsheet I need to search down column ‘A’ (until the end of the data) and identify any cells in column ‘A’ that contain the text/word “asset”. If a cell does contain the text “asset” check along the same row to the cell in column ‘N’. If the corresponding cell on the same row in column ‘N’ is blank, move the entire row to a new sheet called ‘Removed’

Can anyone please help with some vba code

Thanks Ian

Solution 1

I had the same problem, and I have fixed it by increasing the space for the hard drive. By default you have 8 GB, increase it to 30 GB or more. And continue with the installation.

Solution 2

A quick solution might be specifying file system usage, meaning is that using a single container not a seperated for /usr, /var, /tmp ..

Solution 3

I faced exactly the same predicament as your's and extensive search on internet did not yield any straight-forward answer.

My host OS level(Windows 7), VMWare version and Kali linux version & settings for Kali install attempt are similar to yours with the exception - that I did chose separate partition for /home, /var & /temp - I chose varying disk capacity size which you chose as 30G

While trying repeatedly to install with differing settings I noticed following pattern: - for 8G disk capacity setting the install step failed after approx. 20% completion - for 20G disk capacity setting the install step failed after approx. 40% completion - for 40G disk capacity setting the install step failed after approx. 80% completion

Finally the install step succeeded with 60G disk capacity value. So try increasing your disk capacity and give it a shot!

Comments

[Ipor Sircer]

Why install? Download image: offensive-security.com/…

[Shateel]

VMware Image version is 2016.1 but current Kali Linux version is 2016.2 and I also found that people are having similar problem with their physical computer also.

[Ipor Sircer]

There is exist one magic command: apt-get. It can transform 2016.1 to 2016.2 in one command.

[Shateel]

Yeah! I know it, but why I can't able to install it in VMware that makes me mad, I'm geek so I've to figure out the problem with the help of other! not only me I searched over internet and there's a lot of people facing same kind of problem while installing Kali Linux either in VM or Physical Machine! I need to figure out this kali linux installation problem because I thought after I install it to VMware then I would install it to my system! But I'm failing install it to VMware. Thanks

[Ipor Sircer]

Kali is a rolling distro which based on debian testing, so it is always in beta phase. Fill a bugreport at kali site, then be patient. It is the normal behavior a beta system. If you have power+time, feel free to fix it then share the patch. Kali is not a stable distribution, you have to deal with it. Minor and major bugs are totally normal and not your fault.

[Ferenc Wágner]

Go back into the main installation menu, then export your logs (if network is operational) or get a shell and examine /var/log/syslog from there, or switch to another virtual terminal for some debug info (Alt+F[1234] in text mode, not sure about graphical).

[Shateel]

@FerencWágner, Here's the Syslog result of failed kali linux installation. see screenshot: i.imgur.com/xWSLHdH.png

[Ferenc Wágner]

Please check the sha1sum of your downloaded kali-linux-2016.2-amd64.iso against the one provided on kali.org/downloads, that is: 25cc6d53a8bd8886fcb468eb4fbb4cdfac895c65.

[Shateel]

@FerencWágner can you please tell me step by step procedure about how to check sha1sum ?

[Ferenc Wágner]

Issue the following command in the directory of your downloaded ISO (one long line): echo 25cc6d53a8bd8886fcb468eb4fbb4cdfac895c65\ \ kali-linux-2016.2-amd64.iso | sha1sum -c (assuming you did not rename the file).

[Rayan Labidi]

blackmoreops.com/2014/03/12/… here is a link that will help you

[Sameh Abulfotooh]

making the capacity 60 G for the hard disk, works smoothly.

[ianf]

Hello, Thanks for your quick reply. The amount of rows vary from one spreadsheet to another. Normally from 100 to 6-700 so really need a function that stops automatically (unless I can just change Nb to 1000 so it checks down to line 1000)?. Also I need to have them removed from the original sheet so need them to be cut and pasted (can I just swap Copy for Cut)? Thanks

[LateRefrigerator]

You can set Nb_Rows at 1000, it will check down to line 1000 without cutting empty lines so it won't change anything. And you can replace .Copy with .Cut. This will only work if Sheet 'Removed' is empty.

[Shateel]

I did that thingi, but didn't solve my problem:(

[Shateel]

I tried with 60GB still it's a failure...

[KeyC0de]

Are you kidding me? 60 GB for a Kali installation? I'm giving it 8 and its a lot!

[Manishmz]

Installation failed on trying to use separated partitions, but as suggested using single partition succeeded.

[Krish]

This actually helped me. But I kept it above 30 GB and below 60 GB. 58GB to be exact.

[Josh Correia]

Mine failed at 20GB and worked at 30GB.