Backtrack 5 on Motorola DROID A855

[nikon]

Anyone had any luck getting the settings for the bt file?

Been looking online for hours trying to get the settings for the Motorola Droid A855 I've had no luck!

Current bt file settings i have is:

perm=$(id|cut -b 5)
if [ "$perm" != "0" ];then echo "This script requires root! Type: su"; exit; fi
mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mmcblk0p5 /system
export kit=/sdcard/bt5
export bin=/system/bin
export mnt=/data/local/mnt
mkdir $mnt
export PATH=$bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/games:$PATH
export TERM=linux
export HOME=/root
if [ -b /dev/loop7 ]; then
	echo "Loop device exists"
else
	busybox mknod /dev/loop7 b 7 0
fi
#mount -o loop,noatime -t ext2 $kit/bt5.img $mnt
losetup /dev/block/loop7 $kit/bt5.img
mount -t ext2 /dev/block/loop7 $mnt
mount -t devpts devpts $mnt/dev/pts
mount -t proc proc $mnt/proc
mount -t sysfs sysfs $mnt/sys
busybox sysctl -w net.ipv4.ip_forward=1
echo "nameserver 8.8.8.8" > $mnt/etc/resolv.conf
echo "nameserver 8.8.4.4" >> $mnt/etc/resolv.conf
echo "127.0.0.1 localhost bt5" > $mnt/etc/hosts
echo "Ubuntu is configured with SSH and VNC servers that can be accessed from the IP:"
ifconfig eth0
echo " "
busybox chroot $mnt /bin/bash

echo "Shutting down BackTrack ARM"
umount $mnt/dev/pts
umount $mnt/proc 
umount $mnt/sys 
umount $mnt
losetup -d /dev/loop7

[J0hnnyb14z3]

Yup, I've got bt5 running on my droid 1 with no problems.. I followed anant's method in the samsung thread but did have to jump through some hoops.. the main thing is you need to make sure your ROM supports ext2 which the stock droid does not do by default.. I recommend Bugless Beast 0.6 by Peter Alfonso for the rom and i even flashed p3's ext2/3/4.zip module to make sure.. Once the environment is correctly set up you can use this as your startbt script.. don't forget to run the installbt.sh script first though and create any directories that are throwing errors.. it's actually pretty simple and straightforward to get set up once you get the right things checked off the list like the ROM and making the needed directories as required.. and having BT5 on your phone is pretty awesome!

good luck!

export kit=/sdcard/bt
export bin=/system/bin
export mnt=/data/local/bt
export PATH=$bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin:$PATH
export TERM=linux
export HOME=/root

# Mounting Image to the farthest loop point

mknod /dev/block/loop254 b 7 254
busybox losetup /dev/block/loop254 $kit/bt.img

busybox mount -t ext2 /dev/block/loop254 $mnt

busybox mount --bind /dev/pts $mnt/dev/pts
busybox mount --bind /proc $mnt/proc
busybox mount --bind /sys $mnt/sys

#seting environment
sysctl -w net.ipv4.ip_forward=1
echo "Setting /etc/resolv.conf to Google Open DNS 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4"
echo "nameserver 8.8.8.8" > $mnt/etc/resolv.conf
echo "nameserver 8.8.4.4" >> $mnt/etc/resolv.conf
echo "127.0.0.1 localhost" > $mnt/etc/hosts
echo "BackTrack Loader by Anant based on ubuntu loader"
echo "BackTrack is ready just type 'bt'"

[nikon]

And fix for There was an error creating the child process for this terminal

Tried, adduser root tty
but still getting There was an error creating the child process for this terminal
when i try to start the Terminal

[J0hnnyb14z3]

First off, exactly where and when are you getting this error? what do you mean when you try to start the terminal? when you use the startbt script or the bt script? Just to verify you have no problems with the android terminal emulator app right?

here are some things to check (all to be run in android terminal emulator):

ls /data/local/bt

This directory should exist.. if it does not (no such file or directory error), then create it and a few others with:

mkdir -p /data/local/bt
cd /data/local/bt
mkdir sys proc dev 
cd dev
mkdir pts

If /data/local/bt DOES already exist then run:

mount

make sure you see the following 4 lines at the end of the mount output:

/dev/block/loop254 /data/local/bt ext2 rw,relatime,errors=continue 0 0
devpts /data/local/bt/dev/pts devpts rw,relatime,mode=600 0 0
proc /data/local/bt/proc proc rw,relatime 0 0
sysfs /data/local/bt/sys sysfs rw,relatime 0 0

If these are not mounted you may experience issues like you described.. let me know some more information and we'll go from there.. good luck!

[LygerZero]

Yup, I've got bt5 running on my droid 1 with no problems.. I followed anant's method in the samsung thread but did have to jump through some hoops.. the main thing is you need to make sure your ROM supports ext2 which the stock droid does not do by default.. I recommend Bugless Beast 0.6 by Peter Alfonso for the rom and i even flashed p3's ext2/3/4.zip module to make sure.. Once the environment is correctly set up you can use this as your startbt script.. don't forget to run the installbt.sh script first though and create any directories that are throwing errors.. it's actually pretty simple and straightforward to get set up once you get the right things checked off the list like the ROM and making the needed directories as required.. and having BT5 on your phone is pretty awesome!

good luck!

export kit=/sdcard/bt
export bin=/system/bin
export mnt=/data/local/bt
export PATH=$bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin:$PATH
export TERM=linux
export HOME=/root

# Mounting Image to the farthest loop point

mknod /dev/block/loop254 b 7 254
busybox losetup /dev/block/loop254 $kit/bt.img

busybox mount -t ext2 /dev/block/loop254 $mnt

busybox mount --bind /dev/pts $mnt/dev/pts
busybox mount --bind /proc $mnt/proc
busybox mount --bind /sys $mnt/sys

#seting environment
sysctl -w net.ipv4.ip_forward=1
echo "Setting /etc/resolv.conf to Google Open DNS 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4"
echo "nameserver 8.8.8.8" > $mnt/etc/resolv.conf
echo "nameserver 8.8.4.4" >> $mnt/etc/resolv.conf
echo "127.0.0.1 localhost" > $mnt/etc/hosts
echo "BackTrack Loader by Anant based on ubuntu loader"
echo "BackTrack is ready just type 'bt'"

Alright i hope this thread isn't dead i have just recently acquired the A855 and i have flashed the Bugless Beast and have had success in getting root...and sorry for i am new to this still i am just trying to educate myself before getting into school. I have everything set up so far as i know i have the BT5 arm package on my SD...i have Remote VNC Pro set up to the local host 127.0.0.1:5901 password set to "root"...ok so i go into Terminal Emulator and get root "su" and then cd sdcard bt5 (it tells can't cd to /mnt/bt5) i am lost as what i should do next.


(EDIT) OK i got it to run after flashing the EXT2 module but i try running the terminal in BT5 and i get this message "There was an error creating the child process for this terminal" (and again this is with the Backtrack terminal NOT the android....