Maverick,

From what I gathered from the step by step instructions, I thought Unetbootin made it a bootable image on a USB drive - which is why I need that application in the first place. So if...

well I definitely was thinking the same thing, but that doesn't explain the 2 exact checksums. Perhaps I should play the lottery.

I suppose I'm looking for someone who has had issues with r3 and...

My apologies on the trivial subject. Cannot install from iso. Here is what I have done:

Followed instructions from here:
http://www.hackavision.com/2011/06/so-you-want-to-use-backtrack-5.html...