BT4-PreFinal Manual Install -Dual Boot

[adri_ht_]

I get -bash: cd /media/cdrom0/boot: No such file or directory

Like Nurek_bagieNNy said, only if you are using the LiveCD, the iso will be mounted on /media/cdrom0. Anyways if for some reason /dev/hda (cdrom) was not mounted, you must do it manually:

root@bt:~# umount /dev/hda                                 # Unmount /dev/hda
root@bt:~# mkdir /mnt/cdrom0                               # Mount point directory
root@bt:~# mount -t iso9660 -o loop /dev/hda /mnt/cdrom0

or if you have the bt4 iso in some kind of storage you can mount it like this:

root@bt:~# mkdir /mnt/cdrom0
root@bt:~# mount -o loop path_to.iso /mnt/cdrom0

The point on all this, is so that you get the kernel w/ the bootsplash compiled in it already.

I type find /grub/stage1

I get: Error 15: File not found[/QUOTE]

Are you using a separate partition for /boot like I did? Make sure the partition is mounted before running GRUB

root@bt:~#mount

You should see something along these lines:
/dev/sda1 on /boot type ext2 (rw)

If for some reason you used the same partition for / and /boot:

find /boot/grub/stage1

[sκy_walκer]

Anyways if for some reason /dev/hda (cdrom) was not mounted, you must do it manually:

root@bt:~# umount /dev/hda                                 # Unmount /dev/hda
root@bt:~# mkdir /mnt/cdrom0                               # Mount point directory
root@bt:~# mount -t iso9660 -o loop /dev/hda /mnt/cdrom0

I'm not an expert but I thought cdrom exist as /dev/sr0... byt I may be wrong...

jsway112 please let us know if you managed with installation

[adri_ht_]

I'm not an expert but I thought cdrom exist as /dev/sr0... byt I may be wrong...

jsway112 please let us know if you managed with installation

Depending on the hardware type, Linux gives it a name. For instance, if it is IDE, it will be hdX. If it is SCSI, sdX...

I guess /dev/sr0 is another type.

[jsway112]

thanks for the replies...I plan on making another attempt tonight and will repost my progress.

[adri_ht_]

thanks for the replies...I plan on making another attempt tonight and will repost my progress.

Good luck! In my case, it took me a while to get everything to work, so don't feel bad at all. What counts is that you are trying and learning a lot along the way!

[jsway112]

Here is my current set up.....l am good until I get to the cd /media/boot section. I think I might need to use cd /mnt/sr0/boot. When backtrack loads, it states it is loading from /mnt/sr0/BT4

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 32325 259650531 7 HPFS/NTFS (Windows 7)
/dev/sda2 32326 38913 52918110 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 32326 38638 50709141 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 38639 38913 2208906 82 Linux swap / Solaris


root@bt:~# df
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
aufs 1860828 23976 1836852 2% /
tmpfs 1550688 0 1550688 0% /lib/init/rw
varrun 1550688 64 1550624 1% /var/run
varlock 1550688 0 1550688 0% /var/lock
udev 1550688 2844 1547844 1% /dev
tmpfs 1550688 0 1550688 0% /dev/shm
/dev/root 5826 4320 1506 75% /mnt/live
/dev/loop22 512 512 0 100% /mnt/live/lib/modules/2.6.28.1/kernel/drivers
/dev/scd0 874792 874792 0 100% /mnt/live/mnt/sr0
tmpfs 1860828 23976 1836852 2% /mnt/live/memory
/dev/loop0 1792 1792 0 100% /mnt/live/memory/images/bin.lzm
/dev/loop2 2304 2304 0 100% /mnt/live/memory/images/etc.lzm
/dev/loop3 256 256 0 100% /mnt/live/memory/images/home.lzm
/dev/loop4 16640 16640 0 100% /mnt/live/memory/images/lib.lzm
/dev/loop5 60928 60928 0 100% /mnt/live/memory/images/opt.lzm
/dev/loop6 131584 131584 0 100% /mnt/live/memory/images/pentest.lzm
/dev/loop7 16896 16896 0 100% /mnt/live/memory/images/root.lzm
/dev/loop8 2816 2816 0 100% /mnt/live/memory/images/sbin.lzm
/dev/loop9 578816 578816 0 100% /mnt/live/memory/images/usr.lzm
/dev/loop10 55296 55296 0 100% /mnt/live/memory/images/var.lzm
/dev/scd0 874792 874792 0 100% /boot
/dev/scd0 874792 874792 0 100% /mnt/sr0
/dev/sda1 259650524 69733572 189916952 27% /mnt/sda1
/dev/sda5 50707568 3335804 47371764 7% /mnt/sda5

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/dev/scd0 874792 874792 0 100% /mnt/sr0

By just looking at that line I can tell you that you are using BT4 Beta, not PF!!! The size of PF is above 1 Gig. This guide is exclusively for PF.

[zade7]

xfauxpasx:

I too received the error
Error 19 : Linux kernel must be loaded before initrd

so I changed this

# This is an example of using a separate partition for /boot
title              BT4 PreFinal
root              (hd0,0)				# Boot Partition
initrd            /initrd.gz
kernel            /vmlinuz root=/dev/sda3 rw vga=0x317

to this

title              BT4 PreFinal
root              (hd0,0)				
kernel            /vmlinuz root=/dev/sda3 rw vga=0x317
initrd            /initrd.gz

I believe you said you tried this but I am guessing something else may have been messed up in the retry process

I did this 3 times exactly as listed,
the only thing I did different on the 3rd time is
the previously mentioned grub/menu.lst kernel/initrd flop and I changed:

root@bt:~# cp --preserve -R {bootsplash,vmlinuz,initrd.gz} /mnt/bt4/boot/

I added the grub folder because it was listed in the dir, so my line looked like this:

root@bt:~# cp --preserve -R {bootsplash,grub,initrd.gz,vmlinuz} /mnt/bt4/boot/

I do not believe this had anything to do with my success (i was trying to avoid)
grub> setup (hd0)
/boot/grub/stage1 found ... no (but i still received this response)


I list these extra details just in case.
for anyone else who may come along


thanks for the tutorial

~Z~

[spasch]

So, I have an odd and I assume noobish question. I have been using BackTrack since v.2 and have always used lilo as my boot loader. I have it all up and running with Grub and don't have my loader set the way I want. After alot of searching here and Google-ing around. Is there a way to get back into menu.lst to change the order and resolution settings where boot has it's own partition?

Sorry, I tried this in noob-land and basicly got ignored, I did not want to bother you guys with something so trivial.

[imported_athacks]

thanks for the replies...I plan on making another attempt tonight and will repost my progress.

Why are you manually installing BT4 Pre Final in the first place ?