Installing BT3 beta in VMware Workstation 6 directly from the iso file

[sin_gage]

Hi, first of all thanks to all the people who have made BT3 possible and waiting for BT3 final eagerly. Now before starting the installation make sure the MD5 checksum of the original and the downloaded BT3 iso file. Assuming that VMware Workstation installed lets move forward and install BT3.
-First create a virtual machine with following configurations:-

Guest Operating System: Linux
Version: Other Linux 2.6 Kernel
Memory: Leave it as default
Networking: leave it as default
Hard File Size: 8GB

Now after the machine has been created click on the name of the virtual machine just created in the sidebar on the left side and then under command options click on Edit virtual machine settings. Click Cd rom and change the settings from Use physical drive to Use ISO image and click on browse to select the saved BT3 iso image and save the settings.
-Now click o play button on the tool bar to run the Virtual machine and select any of the options from the boot menu.
-After it has booted into BT3 open the Terminal window and use following commands.

fdisk /dev/sda
press n
press p
press 1
press enter
+7168M and press enter
press n
press p
press 2
press enter
press enter
press w
mkfs.ext2 /dev/sda1
mkswap /dev/sda2
mkdir /mnt/backtrack
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/backtrack

-Now go to Backtrack from the KDE menu and click on Install Backtrack
Keep the configurations as follows:-

Source (Backtrack CD):
Install Backtrack to : /mnt/backtrack
Write New MBR (lilo.mbr) to : /dev/sda
Installation method: Real
Uncheck :-Restore Original MBR after lilo

Installation will hangs at 42% and 81% and it takes about 15 minutes or so to install completely.
Then reboot the by selecting Logoff from KDE menu and voila BT3 is installed in VMware.
enjoy...:D:D:D

[Zermelo]

I'm just speaking from my experience, but this method didn't work for me. When I restarted the machine after installation, it just kept rebooting.

However, ND4SPD's guide did work for me on this thread:

hxxp://forums.remote-exploit.org/showthread.php?t=7612

[polsen]

I've used this method also for bt2 I use the ext3 filesystem and work for me....

[DigitalTerrorist]

This method works, how to install Vmware tools?

[renn3r]

Thank you. This works 100%.

[Anthony2oo5]

Worked here too, thanks a lot.

[si13nt]

works also fine in VMware Fusion (MacBook Pro, Core 2 Duo).

for the vmware tools:
- Virtual Machine -> Install VMware Tools
- mount the device (was hdc here) and extract the tar.gz file
- get kernel sources from wiki.remote-exploit.org and extract them to /usr/src/linux/
- use the installer script 'vmware-install.pl'

the vmware tools scripts under /etc/vmware-tools wont work properly. for now, i've disabled the execution of these script in the vmware toolbox until i've got them working. will post news here.

[anathema]

Worked great for me.

Thanks for the easy to follow guide.

[Anthony2oo5]

works also fine in VMware Fusion (MacBook Pro, Core 2 Duo).

for the vmware tools:
- Virtual Machine -> Install VMware Tools
- mount the device (was hdc here) and extract the tar.gz file
- get kernel sources from wiki.remote-exploit.org and extract them to /usr/src/linux/
- use the installer script 'vmware-install.pl'

the vmware tools scripts under /etc/vmware-tools wont work properly. for now, i've disabled the execution of these script in the vmware toolbox until i've got them working. will post news here.

Yes I had trouble installing the tools. They installed fine, but the configuration kept failing. Let me know when you get this sorted. Thanks again.

[si13nt]

what's the error msg you get or where exactly you got stuck?

[Anthony2oo5]

When trying to run the configure tool. Il try again later and report the exact message.

[Tomek]

Excellent guide, I followed this and it worked perfectly. Thanks.

[Headshot]

Tested! Working Perfectly! :D
Great Tutorial! :)

(btw isn't this a tutorial?)

[aix59]

Looks great and all... But aren't you limited to using USB WiFi cards if you
were doing wifi pentesting?

[PrairieFire]

Looks great and all... But aren't you limited to using USB WiFi cards if you
were doing wifi pentesting?
Yes, there are many more tools that do not require wifi in BackTrack.

[si13nt]

Yes, there are many more tools that do not require wifi in BackTrack.
right, there's more in BackTrack ;) and yes you are 'limited' to usb wifi cards. for me, this works almost fine. i'm only missing the injection feature with my zd1211rw ZyXEL usb-stick (hxxp://forums.remote-exploit.org/showthread.php?t=10241&page=2).

[EvilMonkey]

Hi, first of all thanks to all the people who have made BT3 possible and waiting for BT3 final eagerly. Now before starting the installation make sure the MD5 checksum of the original and the downloaded BT3 iso file. Assuming that VMware Workstation installed lets move forward and install BT3.
-First create a virtual machine with following configurations:-

Now after the machine has been created click on the name of the virtual machine just created in the sidebar on the left side and then under command options click on Edit virtual machine settings. Click Cd rom and change the settings from Use physical drive to Use ISO image and click on browse to select the saved BT3 iso image and save the settings.
-Now click o play button on the tool bar to run the Virtual machine and select any of the options from the boot menu.
-After it has booted into BT3 open the Terminal window and use following commands.

-Now go to Backtrack from the KDE menu and click on Install Backtrack
Keep the configurations as follows:-

Installation will hangs at 42% and 81% and it takes about 15 minutes or so to install completely.
Then reboot the by selecting Logoff from KDE menu and voila BT3 is installed in VMware.
enjoy...:D:D:D
hey thanks lol it worked on Vmware server too, after changing the To EXT3

Evil Monkey

"Sharing is caring but caring is scaring"

[chizh]

works also fine in VMware Fusion (MacBook Pro, Core 2 Duo).

for the vmware tools:
- Virtual Machine -> Install VMware Tools
- mount the device (was hdc here) and extract the tar.gz file
- get kernel sources from wiki.remote-exploit.org and extract them to /usr/src/linux/
- use the installer script 'vmware-install.pl'

the vmware tools scripts under /etc/vmware-tools wont work properly. for now, i've disabled the execution of these script in the vmware toolbox until i've got them working. will post news here.

is it working with inbuild Extreme card? I have Macbook c2d with atheros 0x168c:087 card and after instalation of VMware Tools iwconfig shows nothing ... no wireles extenstion.
tryed modprobe ath_pci, bud still nothing .. it shows after dmesg ath_pci tained kernel. im stuck..

does it working on your inbuild card with VMware and BT3?

[si13nt]

nope, you need an usb-dongle for wlan stuff.

[craigmac]

Hi Guys,

Thanks for the tutorial, it worked great for me included installing VMWare tools. There were a few issues I hit, and I thought I might as well share them and how I found a solution.

I'm using VMWare Fusion 1.1.1 on a Macbook.

fdisk runs a check on every reboot. - I fixed this by rather than creating ext2 partitions, I changed this to ext3. No more fdisk.

Vmware tools installed fine, I think the only dir change needed was for the init.d scripts. The only thing that doesn't work is the vmhgfs drivers which allows you to share files. I fixed this by;

1. Extract the VMWare tools tar.gz
2. cd ~/vmware-tools-distrib
3. untar lib/modules/source/vmhgfs.tar
4. edit vmhgfs-only/compact_slab.h
5. Change the following lines

if LINUX_VERSION_CODE <
KERNEL_VERSION(2, 6, 22) ||
defined(VMW_KMEMCR_HAS_DTOR)

with

if LINUX_VERSION_CODE <=
KERNEL_VERSION(2, 6, 22) ||
defined(VMW_KMEMCR_HAS_DTOR)

6. re-tar vmhgfs-only as vmhgfs.tar and replace the original in /lib/modules/source/vmhgfs.tar
7. run sudo vmware-config-tools.pl

Hope that helps

Craig

[JibberingJ]

Thanks for this thread. I had been trying to use the BT2 installation video and when I tried to load the VM it just gave me a black screen. Turns out I just needed to "Uncheck :-Restore Original MBR after lilo" during the bt install inside of xwindows. I guess this shows you there is more than one way to skin a cat. :)

[Shadow Sniper]

Thanx Man Keep It Up

[leiryll]

btw thanks for the author of this thread, it all goes in smooth process but when i reboot it, it just only blank display with a cursor on upper left corner...

..[ls help me guys...on how to fix this,,, thanks in advance

[jobaa]

check on youtube for installing bt3. I am not allowed to post link.
if you have real player 11 you can also download video file from yt and check it later.
content is the same as written tutorial at the beginning of this thread.

thanks to all contributors.

[vixtor]

It works man, with ext2 and ext3
Thanks a million

A clean and clear way to install BT3

PD: I use Virtualbox instead of VMWare6

[fishsemxpinha]

Thanks for the great tut.

[CrispyJones]

Works for me, but when i try and up the memory it fails to boot ,,, i have found this info from the man pages or parellels,,



Creating Linux Virtual Machines
With RAM More Than 512 MB

When trying to create a Linux virtual machine with amount of RAM greater than 512MB, you may encounter problems when trying to boot the guest OS installation.

To solve this problem, you should modify the kernel parameters by passing the mem=nopentium option to the kernel.

For example, on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5,
you should perform this actions:

1 Start the virtual machine
2 When the installation media boots up, enter the following:

linux mem=nopentium
When the kernel parameters are modified, you can proceed with installing the Linux guest OS.

but i dont no how i can apply this to backrtack 3, any help???

[squishyalt]

Thanks for the great BT3>VMware tutorial!

Now I'd like to know if there is a way to skip the lilo boot in my vmware BT3 beta.

I mean.....it's only got bt3, so I don't need lilo.

I'd really like for it to boot directly into BT3 - just like it does from the CD or even from a USB drive.

Any clues?

[superted]

ok, so i followed the steps, do i now leave vmware to point to the iso file under the cd rom settings?

[=Tron=]

I'd really like for it to boot directly into BT3 - just like it does from the CD or even from a USB drive.

A quick and dirty solution would be to edit lilo to automatically boot BT3 after a predetermined time, 1 second if you wish. Lilo will still flash up at start, but no user input will be needed to get into BT3.

[squishyalt]

A quick and dirty solution would be to edit lilo to automatically boot BT3 after a predetermined time, 1 second if you wish. Lilo will still flash up at start, but no user input will be needed to get into BT3.

Thanks Tron. That'll make it quicker.

Booting bt3 from a vm also requires the root/toor/startx stuff when you boot via lilo. Is there any way to automate all of this?

The last change that I have noticed is that there is only "End this session" when you go to log out of the vm instance. With the Live CD version, you have more choices - including reboot or poweroff. Can I get these with the VM too?

[=Tron=]

There you go:
http://forum.remote-exploit.org/showthread.php?t=14402

[squishyalt]

There you go:
http://forum.remote-exploit.org/showthread.php?t=14402

Tron,

You rock dude.

Thx!