Worked first try, thank very much!!!!!

Is there a HOWTO on installing BT3 somewhere out there?
BT2 methods dont seem to work for me. I must be doing something wrong!

hi,
I have tried both the backtrack-hd-install.pdf using the Installer and the way which i installed BT2 before(manually)
1. fdisk /dev/hda [enter]

2. n [enter], p [enter], 1 [enter], now press...

IT DOESNT WORK!!!!!!!!!!!

SHi* i forgot to reply to this. Yup tried it. Still doesnt work............ :(

what questions?!?!?!

It seems like no one wants to help me :((.
ANyone?

sorry ive just bin very busy the last 2 weeks.
The problem still exists and i dont know what to do........... :(

@ blackfoot; What are you on about?!?! So kernel change is possible then, yes?

Erm....well i want to downgrade the kernel because my new machine(desktop) keeps getting stuck when booting the live...

hi,

Can someone please tell me how i could replace the current 2.6.20 kernel which is on the CD, to an earlier version? I've bin looking at the /boot and /BT dir. located on the .iso but i cant...

...........?

BT2 just doesnt like me at all. First it was the laptop now its the desktop.
I re-downloaded the iso and burned it at x1! using imgburn. It boots and stalls again but this time it stalled on...

thanks to both answers.

This imgburn look quite nice at first glance...........an further...........
Ill try and burn it with imgburn BUT should i select the lowest write speed possible? AUTO?...

Lol, i never new that. But ye everything is brand new; mobo, HDD, processor, floppy/cd/dvd drive(s), RAM.

I'll download it again.
You said not to use a down. manager. What can it do to the...

8x is the slowest i can go. im using alchohol 120%

thats the thing, its a Brand new system! i just put it together.
I cant clean the eye because this is a desktop not a laptop.

When ever i try an run the live cd it stalls at one point or another. Sometimes its at my network adapter sometimes its at the floppy device/drive.

I've ran and installed bt2 on a laptop from the...

no there was no floppy disk inside the drive.
I thaught ill have a look maybe one of the cables have disconnected from the floppy drive its self. I disconnected and reconnected the cables and that...

new problem! (eth0 stalls at start-up)

haha, o jeez.

Its working. ...........................

awwww, thank you soooooo much to EVERYONE! I know i bin a pain in the ass Big time but thank you soooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much!!!
...

oo, u mean: bt acpi=off?

I thaught about that long time ago but something came up and it kind of just "drifted off"....

Its exactlly like in the video except i change my root partition to hda3 and i dont have any windows boot option.

Now when i start the laptop using the cd and if i try to look/edit my...

yea. (lilo -v)

All the steps i took:
01. mke2fs /dev/hda1
02. mkswap /dev/hda2
03. swapon/dev/hda2
04. mkreiserfs /dev/hda3
05. mkdir /mnt/backtrack
06. mount /dev/hda3 /mnt/backtrack
07....

u mean where i cancel out the boot message? :confused:

nope, still a black screen.
I'm pretty sure the OS does load because the battery is flashing more, as in, its taking more power. If i enter root and toor followed by startx the battery again seems...

my bad. sorry.
last question; timeout=1200? or?