Problem with VMWare and Kali Linux Installation

[Da Mail Man]

Greetings all,

Have windows xp pro,
sp3,
3.2ghz processor,
plenty of ram and hd space,
VMware version 7.0.1....

...Downloaded kali Linux ISO 32bit from Linux site....Attempted to create a VM as in the past (attempting to install in safe mode with networking)...

...After initializing the new Linux VM received the following errors and after many attempts, still the same:

"Unable to open kernel device "\\.\Global\vmx86": The system cannot find the file specified. Did you reboot after installing VMware Workstation?
Failed to initialize monitor device."

What gives?...could it be because i m in safe mode?

 

[beers]

Why are you trying to do this in safe mode?

 

[Da Mail Man]

....I would have bet $50 on that reply!...I simply am installing it that way....I uninstalled Linux, rebooted, reinstalled, booted "somewhat", but, the Linux is not running so-to-speak...no icons, no text, no nothing...

...Going to uninstall it and attempt to install same "made for VMWare" and see how that works.

EDITED: Rebooted same ("in regular mode") and have text...but says OS not found...Will uninstall and reinstall same.

 

[beers]

Safe mode boots up without a lot of OS dependencies. It really isn't meant for a daily get-things-done environment and is more of a troubleshooting tool.

 

[Da Mail Man]

Safe mode boots up without a lot of OS dependencies. It really isn't meant for a daily get-things-done environment and is more of a troubleshooting tool.

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...yes, i know that also (see edit above).

 

[Da Mail Man]

Update - found an ISO of Kali Linux used previously instead of one i dl'ed directly from their site...Appears to be working...will advise.