Which images have you had problems with specifically? Have you tried BT5R2-KDE-32? I will try gnome if I have to, but being honest I have not finished looking for a solution.

I did see that error, but as someone new to BT, although not to linux, I still did not know exactly what to resize or how doing so would affect everything else. Thanks for explaining to me yesterday...

Have any of you as yet successfully installed BT5, BT5R1, or BT5R2 on an 8GB flash drive? I have been trying a lot of methods (and versions of BT), and have now resorted to trying to install BT4.
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dusf@banshee:~$ sudo fdisk /dev/sdf
[sudo] password for dusf:

Command (m for help): d
No partition is defined yet!

Command (m for help): u
Changing display/entry units to cylinders...

I have been trying to install BT5R2-KDE-32.iso to my 8GB flash drive using http://www.backtrack-linux.org/wiki/index.php/Persistent_USB but after getting to this point, and after the computer churns...

This is what I see when I try to boot BT5-KDE-32 persistent USB for the first time after following the instructions at http://www.backtrack-linux.org/wiki/index.php/Persistent_USB:


SYSLINUX 4.02...

Thanks for the link.

Seems the same as the initial guide apart from the increased recommended flash drive capacity.

I managed to get it to install but had to wait 15 or so minutes while it...

Windows 7 Starter (x86)
unetbootin-windows-563
BT5-KDE-32


Initially I had been trying to install R1 but reading 'use the backtrack-final ISO' from BackTrack Live USB Install I downloaded...