How to Boot Parrot OS?

Priyankar PalPriyankar Pal
3 min read

Parrot OS is another powerful Linux Distro after Kali Linux. Parrot OS is also used for Ethical Hacking, Software Development etc. In this guide, we will see how can we Boot Parrot OS from scratch. So let's go.

Before going to the main part check this blog if you don't about the most popular Linux Distro.

What things do we need?

To boot any Operating System we need mainly these things

  1. A pen drive(min 32GB)

  2. Internet Connection

  3. Operating System's ISO image.

  4. Laptop/ Desktop.

How to flash ISO image?

If you want to boot any OS then you need to have an ISO image. You will get ISO images from their official website. So first we have to download an ISO image.

  1. Visit Parrot OS's official website & download the ISO image.

  2. Now we have to flash it using Etcher. If you don't know how to flash any ISO then check the make a bootable pendrive blog.

Here are the lists of laptop brands, choose yours:

Boot Keys

Image Source: Google

Boot your OS:

  1. After, insert the pen drive into the laptop/desktop.

  2. Press the boot key according to your laptop's brand

I'm using the HP desktop so it's looking like this. Select your pen drive and use UEFI instead of legacy.

check this blog if you don't know about UEFI and legacy.

Boot menu

Press enter after selecting your pen drive. It will look like this. Select the Try/install option & press Enter.

Parrot OS Boot Menu

After clicking this the interface will come up. Just click on Install Parrot icon.

Install parrot OS

Then Select the language that you want to use.

Select your language

Select your Region & Zone according to your location.

Select your Region & Zone

Select keyboard layouts.

Select keyboard details

Make sure you select the disk that you want to format & install. If you select Erase disk it will Erase everything.

Disk Partition

Add the name of your device & set a password.

Add name of your device & password

And now click on the Install button. It will take some time to Install Parrot OS.

Click on Install

After completing the installation the final look will be it. That's it. Now customize it according to you.

Final Looks

Conclusion

In this blog, we learned how can we easily Boot Parrot OS from scratch. Make sure you install UEFI instead of Legacy. If you find this helpful then don't forget to share it with your friends. Thank you.

This blog is written for the “Operating System” track of CoCode Blogs.

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Priyankar Pal

maintaining @ReactPlayIO & working on backend engineering