Backtrack

Potency · 15-02-2009 02:30PM #1

Hello,
I'll start by saying i'm fairly inexperienced with linux :P
I'm wondering whether to install backtrack to my laptop hard drive or keep it on a live cd. Also, if I do install it, should I have just backtrack or dual boot with xp?
I know it could be up to personal preference, but I'm not sure. Is it worth installing to hdd by itself?
And i know backtrack is fairly advanced.
Thanks

ethernet · 15-02-2009 06:57PM

Welcome to the dark side :pac:

BackTrack isn't exactly the most user-friendly Linux distro to start out with. If you just want it for the naughty utilities, you could easily install them under another distro, such as Fedora, Ubuntu, openSUSE, Mandriva, the list goes on.

A dual-boot is a good way to try out a Linux distro (or virtualisation, provided you have a beefy processor, hard drive space and loads of RAM).

Be sure to back up any critical files/documents before installing. Things can go wrong, even if only occasionally.

Potency · 17-02-2009 01:26AM

Hey, thanks for the reply.
Good point with the tools. I could just install them separately. It was just so tempting! All those tools... Organised... In separate folders!!! :eek:

I've broken free of the infatuation and will be installing... maybe Debian shortly. I was thinking if there's OSes like Ubuntu based on it, why not just go for it.
Thanks

ethernet · 17-02-2009 11:52AM

No problem

The only problem, if I recall correctly, is that you'll need to have a proper driver for your wireless card. Last time I read into this chicanery, you couldn't use the Windows driver under ndiswrapper (which you do if the kernel doesn't support it natively) as the card couldn't be put into scanning mode. Perhaps things have changed since. Just something to look out for.

Potency · 19-02-2009 12:00AM

ethernet wrote: »

No problem

The only problem, if I recall correctly, is that you'll need to have a proper driver for your wireless card. Last time I read into this chicanery, you couldn't use the Windows driver under ndiswrapper (which you do if the kernel doesn't support it natively) as the card couldn't be put into scanning mode. Perhaps things have changed since. Just something to look out for.

Great, will look out for that

johnmacward · 19-02-2009 01:15PM

If you have a 1GB USB key lying around you can very easily install Backtrack 3 (and probably 4 BETA which is now available) and it's very quick compared to a Live CD.

Check out this page for how to do different things with version 4: http://wiki.remote-exploit.org/index.php/Howto-bt4

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