Bt4 dual boot tutorial

[purehate]

ok first off fstab should look more like this. Remember to change ext3 to whatever file system you used for the boot partition. I'm assuming that sda2 is a /boot partition.


/dev/sda2 /boot ext3 noatime 1 2
/dev/sda3 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/sda4 / reiserfs defaults 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs defaults 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0


Next lilo.conf should look a little more like this

lba32
boot = /dev/sda
prompt
timeout = 100
change-rules
vga = 0x317
image = /boot/vmlinuz
label = BT4
root = /dev/sda4
initrd = /boot/splash.initrd
append = quiet
read-only
other = /dev/sda1
label = Win7
table = /dev/sda

Chroot in and change that stuff and then run lilo -v again.

[digitalfriction]

pureh@te, you are quite simply a genius, that has worked perfectly.

I am guessing that my main error was not including the boot and swap partitions in fstab, would this be correct?

Thankyou very much for your help.

[custode]

Any thoughts on the usb being recognized as sda and muddying up the lilo.conf preparation?

[kidshoalin]

I would just like to state that this was a great tutorial.... Thank you!

[boosterk]

hey thanks for the tutorial, however,I have a problem,im installing BT on another hdd, the first partition of it is my windows file storage partition, the other 3 im using for BT. My problem is, I followed all the steps,but BT said Warning this is not disk 1 when i was at the end. In other words, it wrote a mbr to my hdb. so when i try to boot from my other hdd (hdb) it says disk error insert system disk. but i can still log into windows normally if i boot from hda. so what lines do i need to change in order to boot correctly while having both os on different hdds. (i did change every hda in your tutorial to hdb) thanks in advance.

[yuksel07]

hdd ınstall

'Kernel panic - not syncing: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel.'

lba32
boot = /dev/mdb
root = /dev/mdb6
# bitmap=/boot/sarge.bmp
# bmp-colors=1,,0,2,,0
# bmp-table=120p,173p,1,15,17
# bmp-timer=254p,432p,1,0,0
# install=bmp
# delay=20
prompt
timeout=50
# map=/boot/map
vga=0x317
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label=BT4
read-only
initrd=/boot/splash.initrd
append=quiet

other=/dev/mdb1
label=Windows7
table=/dev/mdb1

[imported_Oglon3r]

Hello everybody as my first post i would like to congratulate anybody that had anything to do with this project. Best Distro out there followed only by Nubuntu.
Anyway I barely and by following this and a couple of other guides out there installed and successfully double booted Windows Vista and Backtrack4b on my machine. Now here is where it got complicated. I had 2 partitions for my Vista files one contains the backed up system files and the other my running vista.
So as you can see i was unable to install the 3 partitions allowed
So i went in and with a double cooperation between cfdisk and qtparted i created a Reisfers partition /dev/sda3 17gb and i created a linux swap device at the end /dev/sda4 2.00gb
then i went and only established the following
mke2fs /dev/sda3
and followed the copying all the files to /dev/sda3
eg
mkdir /mnt/bt
mount /dev/sda3 /mnt/bt
blah blah
edited lilo executed it
and everything has been going right im able to load backtrack 4 but im not sure that my swap partition is working with my reisfers linux.
is there anyway to check this? maybe im just imagining things and maybe im just very paranoid about it knowing the perfectionist i am haha
im also a complete noob for linux slax/backtrack environment so plz dont understand if my first post is stupid for i assure you im eager to learn
thank you in advance

[ang1dust]

I am quite new to Linux in general. I have figured out how to dual boot but i am wanting to know what each line does instead of just "cheating" by reading someone elses install instructions. Can anyone suggest where i can quickly look up what a command does and its breakdown of syntax?

Also, i had to look up a video on installation so i guess im just that new but these are the additions i did and the ones i removed. Some of the lines seem close to the ones i replaced them with.

cp --preserve -R /{bin,dev,home,pentest,root,usr,boot,etc,lib,opt,sb in,var} /mnt/bt/
mkdir /mnt/bt/{mnt,tmp,proc,sys}
# chmod 1777 /mnt/bt/tmp/
mount --bind /dev/ /mnt/bt/dev/ # added
mount -t proc proc /mnt/bt/proc/
# mount -o bind /dev /mnt/bt/dev/
cp /boot/vmlinuz /mnt/bt/boot/ # added
chroot /mnt/bt/ /bin/bash

The original wouldnt work but those lines did.

Thanks.

[Archangel-Amael]

I am quite new to Linux in general. I have figured out how to dual boot but i am wanting to know what each line does instead of just "cheating" by reading someone elses install instructions. Can anyone suggest where i can quickly look up what a command does and its breakdown of syntax?

What command are you wanting to learn about since there are hundreds of them?
The easiest way is to read the man page/s
# man insertcommandyouwanttolearnhere.
example
#man lspci
Or use the internet, after all there is more to it than pr0n.

The original wouldnt work but those lines did.
Thanks.

This is because of your first statement above.

[ang1dust]

Reply with something useful. Obviously i look on the internet and yes i want to learn more about the commands. I loved dos when i was young and wish i had this in my hands. I am requesting if there is one, a "quick reference" guide or anything similar as a manual. Im no where near a noob to computers, only linux.

Thanks.