How to Install Backtrack on Virtual Box Tutorial | BHS

Backtrack is backbone of hackers. If you don't use it
then stop calling yourself as Hacker. In our BHS
campaign, i have told you that we will be using
Backtrack as our secondary OS i.e. virtual machine for performing advance hacking techniques. Most of
people faced problem in installing Backtrack 5 r3. Today, i will guide you how to install Backtrack
Operating system on Virtual Box or any other Virtual
machine. Let's start...

Basic things before beginning installation:

1. Virtual Box
2. Backtrack Linux OS ISO image or DVD Now lets learn stepwise,

how to install Backtrack Linux on Virtual Box:

1. First of all open the Virtual Box by clicking on Virtual box icon ( will come after installing virtual box).
2. Now for first time we need to create Virtual
Machine (Virtual Operating system on which we will
install Backtrack).
To do so Click on New button then a pop up will open. In Name fill anyname that you wish to give to your virtual Machine say Hackingloops. Select Type as Linux and Version as Other Linux. Sample is shown below:

On Clicking Next Select the Ram according, for best optimized performance try to allocate more i.e.
anything between 1 GB to 3 GB. Say i allocated 3 GB
(Maximum for 32 Bit).

Then click on Next Button as highlighted. Now Proceed as shown in snapshots.

As shown above click on Create :

Select VDI (Virtual Disk Image) and Click on Next.

Now select Dynamically Allocated as shown above.

Now assign the Virtual Hard Disk size as shown
above, 20GB will be Good for optimization. Now When you click on Create Virtual Machine will be created as shown Below.

To enable internet over the Virtual Machine, we need
to configure the Network as shown below :

After doing network settings, we need to assign
Backtrack ISO image to VM's Disk drive to begin the
setup on starting the setup. To assign Backtrack ISO to VM's Disk drive, do the settings as shown below:

Now the basic settings of Virtual Machine Over. Now
Let's begin Backtrack Installation on this VM. For this
Click on Start Button on Top of Virtual Box, then you
will see something like below :

Press Enter to proceed, now you will see Backtrack
Setup Menu, Select Backtrack Text Mode : Default Boot
(first in the menu) and press enter :

Now set up will Begin.
In Case of Intels I-series processors say I3, I5, I7 etc.
You will get an error Message that
This kernel requires an x86-64 CPU, but only detected
an i686 CPU"

For correcting this, you have follow below steps :
1. Restart your Computer or Laptop, During Boot select the Boot setting usually Esc key or F1 or F2 key.
2. In Boot Menu Settings, Enable the Visualization.
3. Save the Boot Setting and start your PC or laptop.
4. Start Virtual Box and Begin from last step by selecting Backtrack Text - Default Boot text Mode.

When Kernel starts you will see something like
below :

In root@bt: type startx and press enter to start Backtrack Live CD in GUI mode as shown below :

Now you will see the Desktop of Backtrack Live CD. If
you want to use only Live CD features you can do so
right now. But if you want to use Backtrack to full then we need to install Full backtrack. For that Click on Install Backtrack Icon on Desktop as shown below:

Now 7 Step set up will begin (just basic settings as
shown below). Do as shown in next 7 Screen Shots:

Click Forward :

Set Region and Time Zone, then Click on forward :

Select Keyboard Settings, deafult US and click forward:

Click Forward :


At last Click on Install and Sit back for 15 to 20 minutes to let the set up. Once the set up is over your VM is ready. That's all the installation of Backtrack on Virtual Machine. Its just one time procedure.
From Next time Just Click on Start Your Virtual Machine to start Backtrack.

Note : From Next time Please select the Hard Drive
Boot Option from the Kernel Menu. Next it will ask you
for BT Login: , Give root as BT login and toor as BT password and On starting Backtrack you need to give
command Startx at command prompt. Have Fun!

If you have any issues ask me in form of comments.

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