I took the development release for a spin - VirtIO not working, so it's not possible to run BT in a KVM/VirtIO virtual environment :(

Backtrack must be one of the only Linux distributions left,...

When running BT4 (pre) final in a virtual environment under Ubuntu 8.10/9.04, Fedora 9/10/11 or another distribution based on KVM virtualization, BT only works with emulated (much slower) network...

The Ubuntu 9.04 Live/install CD has these modules included, making it possible to install to a virtio harddisk without hacks (installation directly to /dev/vda instead of installation to /dev/sda,...

Hi

I'm a long time Backtrack user, but new in the forums.

BT4 beta ships with a new 2.6.28+ kernel, which supports the paravirtualized Virtio drivers for network, block device (harddisk), PCI...