haha bloody brilliant!

I'm gonna try that

Hardware
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Toshiba m40x
512mb ram
128mb nvidia geforce 6600 go
1gb linux swap drv
5gb ext3
hd real install

BUMP! do you ppl want me to report my working hardware or not?

You know I just love the open 'endedness'
of linux. There's just so many things I want to do to it.

I haven't even started using the backtrack utils yet. I'm still customizing
my desktops...

not necessarily lazy, since it gives you the option to continually add.

I will always make new additions, so perhaps modularizing is
the most efficient way out

Thanks for the URL S4ne

are there any universal mouse drivers that could be loaded in the startup?

Its probably some driver incompatibility.. If we use something really old
that could support scroller + 2 buttons we...

Good day all,

I did a real install from the liveware and now I've set everything
up the way I like it, bkgs and mp3s and positions, libraries etc..

Is there a way to recompile all of this into...

Hello everyone,

So far I've managed to setup bt3 on a satellite pro 4300 (doesn't take up whole screen yet) and on a toshiba m40x (runs real nice).

I don't have enough privileges to post in the...

Same here.
We're in need of some type of emulation.

Let's not always depend on the big guns
for these things because it takes them away from
more serious issues.

Surely we could figure this...

Sorry for multiple posts.. I'll wait longer next time.

So I booted off the CD with text only FB.

Out of curiosity, in the console I typed startx and strangely enough,
xwin booted.

I'm...

Just an update on the problem.

I tried booting text only rather than graphical KDE.
Text boots fine and it takes up the whole screen so
the res is fine too.

Seems like VPC has a problem with...

Good day again all,

I've been reading up and I see there are many struggles regarding virtualization and Backtrack 3. This will be part of my virtual honeynet

Hardware:
HP Workstation XW5000...

Okay fixed.

So for any other n00b that gets stuck in the same predicament:

1. Make an ext3 partition
2. Make a Linux Swap partition (optional I guess)
3. Boot from CD and do a REAL install ...

The iso works fine I've been booting off it.
I just wanted to take it to the next level
and make it a HD install.

I noticed that I was installing it with the LIVE option
instead of REAL.
...

I'm a sysadmin. And I'm hacking my network with BT3 to check for holes.
Awesome stuff. I hope in a few months time to contribute
to the community as it will no doubt of contributed to me.

Hello everyone,

I'm trying to use the BT3 installer to create a harddisk bootable
version. No OS is currently installed and its blank.
Toshiba Pro 4300 series

I think it is trying to install...

hahahha good stuff..