I am trying to install Ubuntu on VMware that already has a Kali Linux guest OS installed in it. When I am prompted to erase disk and install Ubuntu, if I go ahead with it will it delete the Kali Linux guest OS too?
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When you create a new virtual machine (VM) for a guest OS, VMware creates a virtual disk file, usually with a .vmdk extension (Virtual Machine Disk). When you install a new Ubuntu guest OS in VMware and you select the Erase disk and install Ubuntu option, it will erase only the virtual disk associated with that specific new VM - meaning the .vmdk file that you created or selected during that new VM setup.
karel
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Your question is unclear. Does the sentence "VMware that already has a Kali Linux guest OS installed in it" mean that you are trying to install Ubuntu on the same virtual machine that has Kali Linux installed, or you are creating a new virtual machine and installing Ubuntu in it? In the first case the answer is yes, Kali Linux will be deleted. In second case, the answer is no, as different virtual machines are like different computers - if you are installing Ubuntu on one of them, you don't delete an OS already installed on another computer.
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Yes, it will reformat the entire virtual disk. That will remove everything else on the virtual disk.
It should also give you the option to "Install alongside" the other distro. I know this works with existing Ubuntu installs, and Windows installs. If not, then it will remove the distro unless you shrink the partition manually and install in the available space.
You may also just create a new VM :)
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