install BT3 on laptop WITHOUT bootable usb and cdrom!!

[.lonewolf]

I knew some people would come through for you.

Those are some excellent solutions

The problem is, that you won't be able to write on a Linux filesystem.

To extract the files shouldn't be a big problem but that your D drive is still ntfs.
Well it might work with Fat32 but not too sure about it.

That's more or less in line with what I was thinking and maybe over a network

if i copy the USB version of BT3 to my D drive on the laptop
and then in Dos or in windows:
cd into <path to stick>/boot, and execute the bootinst.bat.

do you think this will work?

then install grub so i can dual boot?

Anyway I came across this --> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...3151#post83151
The same methods should work with the BT iso.

Go here for more ideas --> http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...out-cd-457691/

Let us know if you succeed or not

[Mafia]

hello guys, i'd though i'd update after all the help i got,

the conculsion is that i decided to get a new laptop, i went for the 'Fujitsu Siemens AMILO Pi 1505' - it has a cd drive and i'm hoping to dual boot xp and backtrack, maybe have backtrack on virtual pc so i can have both running at the same time,

thanks everyone for the help and i hope this thead will be helpful to someone with the same problems as me in the future

[dwjs1974]

I think someone has already said this but if you use a boot manager like grub or lilo or anyother manager you should be able to get your system to boot from the USB.

This is quite a good read to get grub.

worldwideweb.linux.com/feature/62434
www dont forget

That should help

Dave

[imported_Deathray]

I have a crazy thought, have no idea if it will work.

BackTrack in VMWare.
Give permissions to the physical partition / hard drive, boot
BackTrack and install. Wouldn't that work?

[.lonewolf]

I have a crazy thought, have no idea if it will work.

BackTrack in VMWare.
Give permissions to the physical partition / hard drive, boot
BackTrack and install. Wouldn't that work?

I don't know... possibly.

[Mafia]

do you guys think it will work if XP and backtrack (via VMware) was using the wireless adaptor? would it work slower?

[imported_Deathray]

It is possible to bridge the connection with VMWare, but
anything Windows can't do, BackTrack in VMWare won't either..
Such as injection and so on.

[KMDave]

No it won't work since it will be bridged as a wired network card and thatfor you can't put the card in monitormode and so on.

[joker5bb]

for some reason i cant get BT3 to boot on my laptop,

i have a dell inspiron 1521, and when ever i put the cd or the usb stick in for boot it gives me the menu and after i select any option it gives me a black screen and does nothing.

i was able to load bt3 on my desktop and other comps without any problems using the same usb stick.

so how do i make it boot properly?

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