VMWare problem

[surf4real]

Hello All,

I have a problem installing BT2 Final on my harddrive using VMWare. I carefully followed the instructions in the document backtrack-hd-install.pdf. No error messages during the procedure. But when I reboot, the systems hangs immediately. It worked fine with BT2 Beta.

Any idea?

[surf4real]

OK, I did a little research and found that no kernel image (vmlinuz) is written to /boot. So I copied the kernel image on the CD to /boot. But unfortunately the system still hangs after a reboot (I only see a underscore). Here my lilo.conf:

boot = /dev/sda
prompt
timeout = 20
bitmap = /boot/splash.bmp
change-rules
reset
vga = 0x317
image = /boot/vmlinuz
root = current
initrd = /boot/splash.initrd
label = bt
read-only

I also tried root=/dev/sda1 and boot=/dev/sda.

[kenlee514]

I also use VMWARE 6.0 Beta on Vista business.

The release of Backtrack 2 beta boots fine after following the install pdf.

The Final release just won't boot.

-Ken

[kenlee514]

I use VMWARE 6.0 Beta on Vista business edition.

I tried to Install Backtrack 2.0 Final within the VMWare software. (Single Boot)

I can boot to Live CD and make the partitions and install necessary files using the installer program that came with BT2. I shutdown backtrack and it would not start up on its own without the CD. I think the install software on backtrack did not install the necessary files correctly. Perhaps the boot files.

The older beta version works just fine.

I followed the Install PDF to the teeth.



HARDWARE INFO:

Computer:
Operating System Microsoft Windows Vista
OS Service Pack None
Internet Explorer 7.0.6000.16386
Computer Name VISTA01
Logon Domain VISTA01

Motherboard:
CPU Type Unknown, 2000 MHz
Motherboard Name Unknown
Motherboard Chipset Unknown
System Memory 2048 MB
BIOS Type Award (11/25/05)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM1)
Communication Port ECP Printer Port (LPT1)

Display:
Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT (Microsoft Corporation - WDDM)
Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT (Microsoft Corporation - WDDM)
Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT (Microsoft Corporation - WDDM)
Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT (Microsoft Corporation - WDDM)
Monitor BenQ FP202W (Digital) [NoDB] (161113422)

Multimedia:
Audio Adapter Multimedia Audio Controller [NoDB]

Storage:
Disk Drive NVIDIA STRIPE 465.77G
Optical Drive LITE-ON CD-RW SOHR-5239S ATA Device
Optical Drive PLEXTOR DVDR PX-716A ATA Device

Partitions:
C: (NTFS) 199999 MB (122519 MB free)

Input:
Keyboard HID Keyboard Device
Mouse Microsoft USB IntelliMouse Optical

Network:
Primary IP Address 192.168.11.100
Primary MAC Address
Network Adapter NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller (192.168.11.100)
Network Adapter VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapter for VMnet1 (192.168.28.1)
Network Adapter VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapter for VMnet8 (192.168.245.1)