An installation step failed! Kali Linux 2016.2 64 Bit

Question

I'm getting an error while trying to install Kali Linux 2016.2 64 Bit in my VMware machine.

An installation step failed. You can try to run the failing item again from the menu, or skip it and choose something else. The failing step is: Install the system

I've downloaded kali-linux-2016.2-amd64.iso torrent from Kali Linux's official website www.kali.org/downloads/

I've created Virtual machine by selecting Linux > Debian 8.x 64-Bit

I Gave Virtual Machine 30.00 GB Hard drive space and 2.00 GB Ram.

1. Booted up the iso and selected Graphical Install
2. After Completing few step then I came up to Partition Disks step.
3. I've selected "Guided - use entire disk" then clicked continue.
4. Then I select the Hard disk and clicked continue
5. In Partitioning scheme I've selected All files in one partition (recommended for new users)

6. Then the following message came:

   The following partitions are going to be formatted:
   
    partition #1 of SCSI3 (0,0,0) (sda) as ext4
    partition #5 of SCSI3 (0,0,0) (sda) as swap
   
    write changes to disks?
    yes or no
   

   I selected yes and clicked continue and installation was going well.

7. But after a few moments Kali Linux installation stuck and showed me an error as stated below:

   An installation step failed. You can try to run the failing item again from the menu, or skip it and choose something else.
   The failing step is: Install the system
   

   See the screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/GPklG37.png

If I click continue then after a while the error reappears. I tried a lot of time to install but failed everytime.

My System:

Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU M430 @2.27GHz Ram: 8.00 GB Graphics: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470 OS: Windows 7 Home Premium, 64-bit 6.1.7601, Service Pack 1

My VMware:

Version: 12.1.0 build-3272444 (64Bit)

Answer 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.

Answer 2

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

Answer 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!