install method

[wifiphoto]

Anyone try an install on a MacBook Pro? I am in 10.5 with a Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHZ 15"

[purehate]

Install backtrack 3 dual boot with xp from live cd

I already have winxp on /dev/sda1

open knosole type fdisk /dev/sda or hda

n enter
p = 2
first cylinder 1 enter
Last cylinder +64M enter
n enter
p = 3
first cylinder 8 enter
Last cylinder +1024M enter
n enter
p enter
p = 4
first cylinder 71 enter
Last cylinder 456 enter
a enter
2 enter
t enter
3 enter
82 enter
p entert
w
says syncing disks
then reboot

when you have rebooted open konsole
type
umount /dev/sda2
umount /dev/sda4
mkfs.ext3 /dev/sda2
mkf3.ext3 /dev/sda4
when finished
mount /dev/sda4

goto backtrack in menu

choose install backtrack untested
choose install backtrack to sda4
real install i left unticked restore original mbr after lilo
choose install it takes a while about (20-30mins) just do a cup of tea
when finished reboot because when i tryed to do
nano /etc/lilo.conf i edited the file and saved but it would not let me do lilo -v

after reboot do nno/etc/lilo.conf add this at the bottom

other = /dev/sda1
lable = crappyOS
tabel = /dev/sda

then control and x to save
then do
lilo -v

The problem with this is that you never copied any thing to sda 2. Why did you make a boot partition for no reason?

yir zero - I belive the problem you may be having is I noticed at the bottom of the new gui installer it has a little box to restore the previous mbr. If this is the only OS on a clean computer you DO NOT want that box checked.

Das pirates the reason you couldnt run lilo is because you were trying to run it off the disk. you must first chroot into your new install before running the command.

[dapirates1]

I tryed 2 partitions, but i could not get it to work one was a 2gb swap and the other was the remainder of the hard drive.
Never mind i got it working i am sure i will break it soon and have to reinstall

[Fast|Track]

I tryed 2 partitions, but i could not get it to work one was a 2gb swap and the other was the remainder of the hard drive.
Never mind i got it working i am sure i will break it soon and have to reinstall

I know that feeling, done that myself more times than I care to remember adding additional packages. No one told me you arnt supposed to update and upgrade every package under linux, so like a complete lemon that's what I did, it took me a week to figure out what I was doing wrong. LOL

Rock solid once you get it all tweaked and running though!

[YearZirO]

thanks Pureh@te i got it up and running

-Issue Solved