Can I Boot my Physical Kali Live USB Drive Inside VirtualBox?
by Johnny Faster from LinuxQuestions.org on (#4SYR9)
I have a working Kali Linux Live USB drive, with persistance & encryption. I want to install Android Debug Bridge (aka "Android Bridge Tools") on this USB drive so that I can connect to the internet via my Android phone.
I've recently learned that i386 Architecture, and two other library files were left off of the Kali Distro, and they need to be installed in order for Android Tools to work. The problem is the android is my only source of internet atm, and I can't access the internet from Kali Live.
So I've installed VirtualBox, and have a Kali Live image loaded and working, and I've managed to successfully install the i386 architecture on the virtual Kali Live O/S, so in terms of "proof of concept" it works just fine. The problem is how do I "boot" my actual, physical USB drive in VirtualBox so that I can use "apt get" to download and install the necessary package and files to get the i386 architecture and two other library files.
I tried to navigate to the USB drive from within VirtualBox, and I got a Windows message saying that the USB needed to be formatted and do I want to format it now. The only thing I can think of is to:
1) Image the USB drive.
2) Mount the image in VirtualBox
3) Add the i386 architecture to the image.
4) Write the image to the USB drive.
Which sounds pretty "long-way-round" to me, if it's even possible.
Help?
I've recently learned that i386 Architecture, and two other library files were left off of the Kali Distro, and they need to be installed in order for Android Tools to work. The problem is the android is my only source of internet atm, and I can't access the internet from Kali Live.
So I've installed VirtualBox, and have a Kali Live image loaded and working, and I've managed to successfully install the i386 architecture on the virtual Kali Live O/S, so in terms of "proof of concept" it works just fine. The problem is how do I "boot" my actual, physical USB drive in VirtualBox so that I can use "apt get" to download and install the necessary package and files to get the i386 architecture and two other library files.
I tried to navigate to the USB drive from within VirtualBox, and I got a Windows message saying that the USB needed to be formatted and do I want to format it now. The only thing I can think of is to:
1) Image the USB drive.
2) Mount the image in VirtualBox
3) Add the i386 architecture to the image.
4) Write the image to the USB drive.
Which sounds pretty "long-way-round" to me, if it's even possible.
Help?