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Follow these 10 stepts to install Backtrack on VMware 
 
1.Create Other 2.6 kernel Virtual Machine. 
2.Boot from LiveCD 
3. Run Qtparted, create 2 partitions: 
--- /dev/sda1 ext3 
--- /dev/sda2 swap 
 
4. 
bt ~ # mkdir /mnt/bt3 
5. 
bt ~ # mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/bt3 
6. 
bt ~ # cp --preserve -R /{bin,boot,dev,home,pentest,root,usr,etc,lib,opt,sbin,var} /mnt/bt3/ 
bt ~ # mkdir /mnt/bt3/{mnt,proc,sys,tmp} 
bt ~ # chmod 777 /mnt/bt3/tmp 
7. 
bt ~ # mount -t proc proc /mnt/bt3/proc/ 
8. 
bt ~ # chroot /mnt/bt3/ /bin/bash 
9. 
bt ~ # lilo -v 
10. 
bt ~ # exit 
bt ~ # reboot
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Follow these 10 stepts to install Backtrack on VMware

1.Create Other 2.6 kernel Virtual Machine.
2.Boot from LiveCD
3. Run Qtparted, create 2 partitions:
--- /dev/sda1 ext3
--- /dev/sda2 swap

4.
bt ~ # mkdir /mnt/bt3
5.
bt ~ # mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/bt3
6.
bt ~ # cp --preserve -R /{bin,boot,dev,home,pentest,root,usr,etc,lib,opt,sbin,var} /mnt/bt3/
bt ~ # mkdir /mnt/bt3/{mnt,proc,sys,tmp}
bt ~ # chmod 777 /mnt/bt3/tmp
7.
bt ~ # mount -t proc proc /mnt/bt3/proc/
8.
bt ~ # chroot /mnt/bt3/ /bin/bash
9.
bt ~ # lilo -v
10.
bt ~ # exit
bt ~ # reboot

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i have backtrack vmware image downloaded from <a href="http://www.remote-exploit.org/backtrack_download.html" rel="ugc">http://www.remote-exploit.org/backtrack_download.html</a> 
 
i have vmware installed on my laptop 
 
i have a folded created in e:\vmware and extracted the downloaded the rar file to e:\vmware 
 
and in virtual machine settings, i have selected working directory as e:\vmware 
 
but im unable to start backtrack, 
any ideas?
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i have backtrack vmware image downloaded from http://www.remote-exploit.org/backtrack_download.html

i have vmware installed on my laptop

i have a folded created in e:\vmware and extracted the downloaded the rar file to e:\vmware

and in virtual machine settings, i have selected working directory as e:\vmware

but im unable to start backtrack, 
any ideas?

backtrack vmware installation

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VMware

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