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slasher
06-20-2008, 04:46 PM
well, i already have backtrack 3 beta running on my HD. is there any way to upgrade it to bt3Final? or i need to reinstall the whole heaven thing?:eek:
Apollopimp
06-20-2008, 05:08 PM
The answer is like 5 topics above this one in the same section...;)

and if ya don't know where the search button is link below

http://forums.remote-exploit.org/showthread.php?t=14751
=Tron=
06-20-2008, 05:13 PM
The answer is like 5 topics above this one in the same section...

He is actually asking for a way to upgrade BT3b to BT3 Final, and the tutorial is for doing a normal HD installation. Alas, I do not believe that there is an easy way of merely updating BT3b and believe you will be best of taking Apollopimps advice.
Apollopimp
06-20-2008, 05:16 PM
Replaced BT3b with BT3 Final using the above procedure, works like a champ. ;)

that above is from the other topic that i linked to so that is your best bet
theprez98
06-20-2008, 06:37 PM
well, i already have backtrack 3 beta running on my HD. is there any way to upgrade it to bt3Final? or i need to reinstall the whole heaven thing?:eek:
There is no way to "update". You'll have to reinstall.

My laptop was XP/BT2/BT3b. I reformated the BT3b partition, and then ran through pureh@te's tutorial to install BT3F to that partition. I probably didn't even have to redo lilo, but I did for good measure. It took all of 15-20 minutes.
Mexicant
06-21-2008, 05:17 PM
I just copied the boot and BT3 directories over the top of the old ones...and it seems to be working. Should I start over from scratch here too?
The_Denv
06-22-2008, 02:53 AM
I just copied the boot and BT3 directories over the top of the old ones...and it seems to be working. Should I start over from scratch here too?

Aye man, it looks like it. I myself have XP+BT3b...Heh once I got BT3b all configured the way I like it including a lot of config files BT3F was released. This is the fun part...doing it all over again with better software :cool: I actually still have BT1 installed on my hard drive on my old computer which is broke now and that [just like BT2] had all custom config files, its only natural to upgrade and as theprez98 said: it only takes 15-20mins - if you already have a partition ready [and lilo/grub].