Installing BackTrack 3 (Final) in VMware Workstatsion 6

This video shows how to install BackTrack 3 (Final) in VMware workstation. You can also use this method to install BackTrack on a real machine, just skip out the first part.

Links

Watch video on-line:

Download video: http://download.g0tmi1k.com/videos_archive/Installing_BackTrack_3_[Final].mp4

Tools

  • BackTrack 3 (Final) CD/USB Version (Extended)
  • VMware Workstation

Software

Name: BackTrack

Version: 3 (Final) (MD5: 5d27c768e9c2fef61bbc208c78dadf22)

Home Page: http://www.remote-exploit.org/

Download Link: http://www.remote-exploit.org/backtrack_download.html

Name: VMware Workstation

Version: 6

Home Page: http://www.vmware.com/

Download Link: http://download3.vmware.com/software/wkst/VMware-workstation-6.0.0-44426.exe

Commands

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fdisk /dev/sda
n
p
1
[Enter]
+50M
n
p
1
[Enter]
+512M
n
p
3
[Enter]
[Enter]
t
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w
mkfs.ext3 /dev/sda1
mkfs.ext3 /dev/sda3
mkswap /dev/sda2
swapon /dev/sda2
mkdir /mnt/bt3
mount /dev/sda3 /mnt/bt3
mkdir /mnt/bt3/boot
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/bt3/boot
cp --preserve -R /{bin,dev,home,pentest,root,usr,etc,lib,opt,sbin,va r} /mnt/bt3/
mkdir /mnt/bt3/{mnt,proc,sys,tmp}
mount --bind /dev/ /mnt/bt3/dev/
mount -t proc proc /mnt/bt3/proc/
cp /boot/vmlinuz /mnt/bt3/boot/
chroot /mnt/bt3/ /bin/bash
splash -s -f /etc/bootsplash/themes/Linux/config/bootsplash-1024x768.cfg >> /boot/splash.initrd
nano /etc/lilo.conf

 * lba32
 * boot /dev/sda
 * prompt
 * timeout=10
 * change-rules
 * reset
 * vga=791
 * initrd = /boot/splash.initrd
 * image = /boot/vmlinuz
 * root = /dev/sda3
 * label = BackTrack3

lilo -v
exit
reboot

Notes

Song: Fatboy Slim - Right Here, Right Now

Video length: 06:34

Capture length: 20:44

Blog Post: https://blog.g0tmi1k.com/2009/06/installing-backtrack-3-final/