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Installing Caine 8 on a virtual machine

Installing Caine 8.0 on a virtual machine

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By Hacking Tutorials on February 28, 2017 Digital Forensics

CAINE stands for Computer Aided Investigative Environment and is a live Linux distribution that offers a complete forensic environment. Caine 8.0 has a nice graphical user interface and contains a lot of digital forensic tools to aid in the process of digital investigation. Including some tools to report the results of your digital investigation. The latest version is Caine 8.0 which is based on Ubuntu 16.04 64 bit and was released in late 2016.

In general I am a big fan of Kali Linux which also includes a fair share of digital forensic tools. But since I want to learn about some specific digital forensic techniques I decided to go for a Linux distribution focused on forensics only and write a small tutorial about it. I also prefer to use virtual machines instead of live CD’s as they’re easier to manage and maintain. In this tutorial we are going to install Caine 8.0 on a virtual machine and run it from the virtual disc instead of a live CD. The live CD contains a tool called SystemBack which we will be using to install Caine on the VM’s virtual hard drive.

Caine 8.0 installation

In the tutorial we will be using VMware Workstation 12 player on Windows to host the guest system. VMware Workstation 12 player can be downloaded from the VMware website for free. Of course you can use any virtualization software you like as the Caine 8.0 installation process is software independent.

First we need to download the Caine 8.0 iso from the following website:

http://www.caine-live.net

Setting up the Caine 8 VM

Now that we have downloaded the iso file we need to create a virtual machine and boot it from the live CD. Let’s create a new virtual machine and specify the Caine 8.0 iso as installer disc:

Installing Caine 8.0 - Create Caine VM

In the next screen select Linux as guest operating system and choose for Ubuntu 64-bit as the version:

Linux Version

Name the virtual machine and specify the location to store the VM:

Caine VM name

Store the virtual disk as a single file and use the recommended disc size:

VM virtual disc to install caine

Keep the default hardware settings (or give the VM a little more memory) and press finish:

Caine VM Hardware settings

Now boot the virtual machine and choose ‘Boot Live system’ in the start-up menu:

Caine 8 live cd startup menu

Caine 8.0 will now boot from the Live CD, be patience as this may take a little while. After the live CD is booted you will be presented the Caine 8.0 desktop. If you’re presented with a command line than type ‘startx’ to start a desktop session.

Caine 8.0 boots with a default resolution of 800×600 which is a little small to work effectively. You can change the screen resolution by going to menu > System > Preferences > Hardware > Displays:

Caine 8 display settings
1024×768 or higher is a nice resolution to work with.

Unlocking the virtual disc

The next step in this tutorial is to install Caine on the virtual disc. We will use the SystemBack tool for this purpose which is located on the desktop. Before we can install Caine on the virtual drive we need to unlock it first with a tool on the desktop named ‘BlockOn/Off’:

Caine 8 blockon-off
Open the BlockOn/Off tool from the desktop.

Select sda1 (use the small selection box before the device name) and press the OK button:

Caine 8 unblock disc
Select sda 1 and make it writable.

This will change the device status from Read-Only to Writable.

Installing Caine 8.0 with SystemBack

The next step is to start the SystemBack tool, which is located on the desktop, and choose for ‘System install’ in the menu on the right side of the following window:

Caine 8 systemback 1
Click system install.

Than we need to create a new system account for the system install. Enter the requested information and press the ‘next’ button:

Caine 8 systemback user credentials

Setting up the Caine 8.0 partition

Now we have to create a partition to install Caine 8.0 on. Select the /dev/sda partition and press the ‘Delete’ button. We will be creating a new partition on the virtual disc in the next step:

Caine 8 systemback partitioning

Then select the /dev/sda? Partition and press the left arrow button:

Caine 8 systemback partitioning 2

Now choose the root directory as mount point (/) and keep the default filesystem ext4. Nowadays it’s better to stick with an ext4 filesystem instead of ext3 because it supports a larger individual file size (16 TB instead of 16 GB) and overall file system size among some other benefits.

To continue the installation process press the left arrow button again to apply the settings, then click the ‘next’ button again to proceed:

Caine 8 systemback partitioning 3

Install Caine 8.0 on the virtual drive

You will now be asked to install the system from the live image with the following dialog screen. Confirm by clicking the ‘start’ button:

Caine 8 installation 1

The installation process will start now:

Caine 8 installation 2

After the installation process is finished reboot the system and remove the live CD iso. You will have a clean installation of Caine 8.0 Blazar now booting from the virtual drive instead of the Live CD.

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14 Comments

  1. Bruce Malaudzi on March 7, 2017 11:58 am

    Awesome tutorial.

    Reply
    • Hacking Tutorials on March 7, 2017 1:05 pm

      Thank you!

      Reply
  2. Cesar K on April 28, 2017 5:22 am

    Great tutorial, thank you!

    Reply
  3. sadpanda on June 20, 2017 12:11 pm

    Mine just hangs on Installing the system :(. Followed instructions to the letter.

    VMware Fusion.

    Reply
    • Hacking Tutorials on July 4, 2017 3:26 pm

      That’s weird, maybe try VMware free?

      Reply
  4. Fastbyte90 on July 15, 2017 7:34 pm

    Is Caine better than Kali linux??

    Reply
    • Hacking Tutorials on August 14, 2017 7:53 pm

      One is not particularly better than the other, both operating systems serve different purposes. Kali Linux is a Linux distribution that contains tools aimed at penetration testers. Caine is more focused on DFIR.

      Reply
  5. ccices on August 5, 2017 3:25 pm

    how do you add the guest addons in virtualbox on this install?

    Reply
    • ccices on August 5, 2017 4:19 pm

      also, is there a way to permanently unblock the drive it is installed on? The issue with the guest additions has been resolved by mounting the drive with the disk icon.

      Reply
    • Hacking Tutorials on August 14, 2017 7:53 pm

      You can install it from the VM menu.

      Reply
  6. Charles on February 18, 2018 10:21 am

    Super tutorial. Easy installation. Great
    Thank you so much.

    Reply
    • Hacking Tutorials on February 18, 2018 12:47 pm

      Thanks, glad you liked it!

      Reply
  7. Mario Alanis on January 23, 2019 6:27 pm

    I need some help, i m using vm ware 14 with caine 10, and i cant installing, before i made all you mention, i cant get the button system install, its on gray, i hope you can help thanks!!!!

    Reply
    • Hacking Tutorials on January 24, 2019 10:15 am

      Did you unblock the destination disk/device with ‘unlock GUI’ where you plan to install Caine on?

      Reply

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