In this tutorial we are going to take a look on how to install BackTrack 5 in VirtualBox. ;)
- Download the latest version of VirtualBox from the official page.
- Download the BackTrack 5 ISO from the official page
After installing VirtualBox, let's launch it and try to set up a new Virtual Machine:
Click New –>Continue –> Next
Name (Select Ubuntu 64Bit) –> Next
Select Ram (Assign at least 30%) –> Next
Check “Boot Disk” à Create New Hard Disk
Continue –> “Dynamically Expanding Storage” –> Choose Location –> Size (Minimum of
Continue –> Done
Your Disk Configuration should look similar to this:
- Click Settings (We are going to leave mosts defaults on for everything for this How-To)
- Click Storage à With “IDE Storage” Selected click the Drive Icon with the plus sign on it à
- Choose Add CD/DVD à Choose Disk à Navigate to the BT5 ISO you had downloaded
- Click Display and assign at least 64MB
- Click Ok
- Open Terminal and enter the Following
VboxManage setextradata “Backtrack” “CustomVideoMode1″ “1100x740x16″
- Click Start
- Click inside the window –> Tab –> Choose “Backtrack Text”
Once the boot sequence completes you will already be in a root shell.
'NOTE: If you have chosen the KDE Environment do not forget to issue the
following command before startx:
root@bt:~# rm /root/.kde/cache-*
Once Backtrack Launches Double Click the “Install Backtrack Icon” and follow the steps from here.
After the setups is finished, shut down Backtrack.
- Click Settings in Virtual Box Manager à Click Storage à With “IDE Storage” selected remove the Live-ISO distribution
- Click Start to launch Backtrack
Now lets download the Vbox Guest Addon using wget.
root@bt:~# wget [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
Now issue the following commands:
root@bt:~# mount –o loop VBoxGuestAdditions_4.0.8.iso /a
root@bt:~# cd /a
root@bt:~# chmod a+x VBoxLinuxAdditions.run
root@bt:~# ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run
Reboot and enjoy! ;)
DSLAN65
- Download the latest version of VirtualBox from the official page.
- Download the BackTrack 5 ISO from the official page
After installing VirtualBox, let's launch it and try to set up a new Virtual Machine:
Click New –>Continue –> Next
Name (Select Ubuntu 64Bit) –> Next
Select Ram (Assign at least 30%) –> Next
Check “Boot Disk” à Create New Hard Disk
Continue –> “Dynamically Expanding Storage” –> Choose Location –> Size (Minimum of
Continue –> Done
Your Disk Configuration should look similar to this:
- Click Settings (We are going to leave mosts defaults on for everything for this How-To)
- Click Storage à With “IDE Storage” Selected click the Drive Icon with the plus sign on it à
- Choose Add CD/DVD à Choose Disk à Navigate to the BT5 ISO you had downloaded
- Click Display and assign at least 64MB
- Click Ok
- Open Terminal and enter the Following
VboxManage setextradata “Backtrack” “CustomVideoMode1″ “1100x740x16″
- Click Start
- Click inside the window –> Tab –> Choose “Backtrack Text”
Once the boot sequence completes you will already be in a root shell.
'NOTE: If you have chosen the KDE Environment do not forget to issue the
following command before startx:
root@bt:~# rm /root/.kde/cache-*
Once Backtrack Launches Double Click the “Install Backtrack Icon” and follow the steps from here.
After the setups is finished, shut down Backtrack.
- Click Settings in Virtual Box Manager à Click Storage à With “IDE Storage” selected remove the Live-ISO distribution
- Click Start to launch Backtrack
Now lets download the Vbox Guest Addon using wget.
root@bt:~# wget [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
Now issue the following commands:
root@bt:~# mount –o loop VBoxGuestAdditions_4.0.8.iso /a
root@bt:~# cd /a
root@bt:~# chmod a+x VBoxLinuxAdditions.run
root@bt:~# ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run
Reboot and enjoy! ;)
DSLAN65