THANKYOU needlez6! I so needed this problem resolved.

The bit you mentioned about the acpi let me do a little research on good ol' google. I found a few threads about problems with Backtrack on...

Ok, I narrowed down the problem.

The USB and the DVD are fine. I tried them on an old AMD HP Pavilion with Windows XP and they worked fine, I got to the green prompt and typed in startx and...

Hi all,

I am not entirely sure what I have done to upset Backtrack 4 but I cannot get it to boot.
I only get to some shell called BusyBox or ash or something instead. I have minor Linux knowledge...