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.: How to install BackTrack 3 to the hard disk of a VMWare guest operating system
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- Download the BackTrack3 ISO image.
- Create a new VMWare guest. Settings:
- Other Linux 2.6.x kernel
- Disk space: 8GB SCSI
- CD-ROM drive: set to the BT3 ISO image downloaded
- Network: Either NAT or Bridged
- Boot the guest.
- On the command line, use fdisk to create partitions. Note that this will destroy everything on the virtual disk, so make sure you don't need to save anything:
#fdisk /dev/sda
n
p
1
<enter>
+7512M
n
p
2
<enter>
+512M
w
- You can use fdisk to confirm the changes:
# fdisk -l /dev/sda
- Now we need to format the partitions:
# mkfs.ext2 /dev/sda1
# mkswap /dev/sda2
- Then mount the new filesystem:
# mkdir /mnt/bt3
# mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/bt3
- Then we need to install BT3 on to the HDD. Go to:
Start menu -> BackTrack -> Install BackTrack (Not tested!)
- On the installer screen, set the following options. Note that this will remove any MBR records, so don't use it in a dual-boot VM environment:
Source: <leave as is, should be where the ISO is mounted as a live CD)
Install BackTrack to: /mnt/bt3
Write new MBR to: /dev/sda
Installation method: Real
Restore original MBR after lilo: UNTICKED!!!
- Click install. It will take a few minutes.
- Once complete, use VMWare to remove the ISO CD-ROM from the drive and reboot.
- You should be greeted with the lilo boot manager. If this is not the case, you may have missed something or are using different devices. I am using SCSI drive 1 (sda).
- Hmm ignore below - BT3 is missing kernel source etc.. need to update this later :)
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- Don't forget to install VMWare client tools to speed the guest up.
VMware console -> VM -> Install VMWare tools
- The OS should mount the VMware tools "CD-ROM".
cp /mnt/hdc/VMWare*.tgz /tmp/
cd /tmp
tar xvhf VMWare*
cd vmware-tools-distrib
perl vmware-install.pl
- .. and follow the prompts.
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