backtrack 3 bootable cd wont boot

[fbi_mohd]

Hi,
I'm a newbie
and I'm trying to boot backtrack 3 in my laptop from bootable cd but got a black screen and a giant X in the middle of the screen.
I've tried every mode and got nothing.
but surprisingly it's work fine in my brother laptop.
So I figure out the problem isn't the CD, it will be my laptop.
My laptop graphic card is Nvidia GeForce GT 9600M
I tried to google it but got nothing as solution but now I do now that card is really bad in backtrack 3.

sorry for writing this here, apparently I can't post anywhere else.
don't know why!!

[imported_Zer0|Day]

I'm not sure why BT3 doesn't work with your laptop. It could be any number of problems. You should try BT4 prefinal and see who that works. Don't work it's about as stable as a normal release and it has support for even more hardware than BT3.

[KMDave]

Well use BT4 PF and install the nvidia driver before starting the X server.

[fbi_mohd]

Thanks a lot guys I'll try it.
I'm going to download it now
but how to install the driver?
and where could I find it??
I'm really fresh here.

[KMDave]

Just search in the BT4 howto section of the forum, there is a great instruction of purehate on how to install the nvidia driver and also the cuda stuff.
Should be an apt-get install nvidia-driver iirc. Or something alike. If not just use apt-cache to find the correct name

[fbi_mohd]

Hi,
I just downloaded the vmware and installed the backtrack 3 on it.
it's works perfectly.
anyway I'll download the bt4 prefinal and try to boot it without the vmware.
thanks kmdave for your respond
I'll search the bt4 how to section