backtrack 4 r1 grub problem

[Tr00g33k]

Yes i have tried manual, but gaved me some error like i said, but i have tried doing like you said on some other computer installing bt through VMware, works just fine

I havent been doing further researching, when i have time, i will try to do it one more time on the computer that gaved me error. Maybe the computer was sick or something at the time of insatlling BT

[DrWho]

I'm running into the same issue with my Averatec 3500C Tablet PC. I've tried BT3 & BT4-R1. I was trying to boot from the CD\DVD with both versions and get the same result.I wanted to use the Live CD\DVD but not install it or dual-boot it. I've tested the MD5s and they are both good and both run fine on my Gateway laptop. So I know it's not the iso's or the burn of the discs.
When I try booting the BT4-R1, I get dropped into GRUB>: Not sure why.
And when I tried BT3_final, I got a message saying something about "Kernel Panic!!!", then it locks up and I have to drop the batteries and AC power to shut it down.
I've tried playing with the BIOS settings, but there isn't much to the BIOS in the Averatec.
I'm thinking that BT just doesn't like the AMD Athlon XP-M mobile processor....? That would suck because the tablet is lighter than my Gateway and has the touchscreen as well. I'm not sure if BT will even be able to access the touchscreen or not since I can't get either to boot proper.

Anyone else have an Averatec 3500C that CAN run BT on it?

Any help at all,

Thanks

[Snayler]

Have you tried booting Backtrack from a usb drive?

[Bodhi]

I'm having a similar problem. Dual boot to Win7, grub boots to BT4-r1 fine, but selecting Windows 7 it jumps back to grub. I can't boot into Win7 anymore. Any grub edit suggestions? TIA

[BTXGNU]

I got the same problem, I have a ACER Aspire One 532h, everytime that I tried to install BT the grub shows me that message, I already tried using USB Pendrive, external CD-rom, and using my others computers to install the BT on the HD. I really don´t know what to do, because Ubuntu 10.10 is running fine on this computer. I really appreciate any help with this matter.

[Snayler]

I got the same problem, I have a ACER Aspire One 532h, everytime that I tried to install BT the grub shows me that message, I already tried using USB Pendrive, external CD-rom, and using my others computers to install the BT on the HD. I really don´t know what to do, because Ubuntu 10.10 is running fine on this computer. I really appreciate any help with this matter.

Have you tried one of these?:
http://www.backtrack-linux.org/forum...rkstation.html
http://www.backtrack-linux.org/forum...irtualbox.html

With VMware, it's the same thing for windows or linux (or at least I think it is), but you'll have to make some slight changes if you are using VirtualBox on Ubuntu.
Instead of following the part where I tell you to run the VBoxManage command, follow the guide on this link: How To Run VirtualBox using a Physical Partition using Ubuntu Feisty Fawn « Blarts , and continue following my guide from here:

Now that we have the configuration file for our hard drive, let's create the virtual machine and assign the VMDK file as the "virtual" drive.

The rest should be the same for windows and linux. Any doubts you can post there.

Hope it helps!

EDIT: As for the partitioning part, you can use gparted.