While loading BT3 live cd on acer aspire 5100, it gets stuck here. (Any graphics mode, doesn't matter.) I don't know what it does during boot up, as i'm fairly new to linux, so I hoped I would get...

Thanks, it works now. Stupid mag xD

You can close thread.

Ah, alright. I'll redownload it, then. If you don't mind keeping this thread open, I won't have to make a new one if it doesn't work. And thanks, -=Xploitz=- and balding_parrot.

Yes, that's correct, BT2 is the only OS on my hard drive.
The copy I got was from the hackin9 magazine, so I would hope they burned it correctly. But I did use this same disk to install it last time...

No, i'm not. I've played with ubuntu for 3 months or so, but backtrack is my favorite distro. I have a 100 gb HD, with swap and ext3 partitons. I currently have the backtrack partition flagged with...

I had Backtrack 2.0 installed before, but when I install it now on my laptop according to the pdf guide on wiki, it doesn't boot... just gives me a black screen with the words "Error loading...

Sorry if this has already been posted... but, what are the minimum requirements for backtrack?
I'm looking at buying a cheap used laptop (looking at lot-of-laptops too) off of ebay... none of them...

Thanks for the reply.

While trying to install kdevelop (I tried 3.4.0 and 3.4.1)
I get this error:


checking for Berkeley DB >= 4.1... configure: error: no - please install Berkeley DB >= 4.1...

While trying to install talkd, I get the following error:


checking for kde headers installed... configure: error: your system is not able to compile a small KDE application!
Check, if you...

Hello everyone. I'm about 3 days new to BackTrack but I've used Ubuntu for a few months.

I've searched all forums, but this question hasn't been answered, to my knowledge.

I know that you edit...