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In this article we will describe how we can make a USB Bootable drive for Backtrack 4 Linux distribution. The new release is based on Debian/Ubuntu and not on Slackware as it was used to be in earlier versions (Backtrack 3 and below).
In this article the UNetbootin Windows version tool has been used to demonstrate the above scenario.
Requirements:
Minimum USB Drive capacity 1 GB
Format the USB to FAT32
Tools:
http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/
http://www.remote-exploit.org/cgi-bin/fileget?version=bt4-beta-iso
Workaround:
1. Download BT4 Beta ISO
2. Download UNetbootin to make our usb bootable
3. Run Unetbootin and select bt4-beta.iso for diskimage
4. Select USB Drive letter and click on OK to start making a bootable usb drive
After the creation process finishes restart your machine and boot from the new usb bootable drive created and enjoy Backtrack 4 Beta on your system.
Default Backtrack 4 username is root and password is toor
Note: Be sure that your install the MBR on the USB drive by executing drive:\boot\bootinst.bat on your USB drive. (BT4 Beta Only)
The above article works for Backtrack 4 PreFinal and Final versions
April 14, 2009
cheers thanks man…
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April 26, 2009
Hi
Great info
I did everything as you mentioned, but can not type the password. Enter “root” and then cant enter “toor”
Can you please help me?
with regards
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April 26, 2009
Yes Josef..
After you boot into the system it should ask you for login and password. You should use login: root and password: toor
Can you be more specific?
Regards,
Glafkos
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May 8, 2009
If this is your first Linux distro, just FYI that the password does not show up on the screen as **** or anything. That threw me off when I started using Ubuntu a few years ago.
Backtrack FTW.
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May 26, 2009
If I have the live version of linux on a remoovable disk, can I install on it programs and on next use run it?
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Bruce Reply:
August 3rd, 2009 at 8:45 pm
Jakub, You’ve got to create a persistent install, not a Live Boot.
See the related article:
http://www.itsolutionskb.com/2009/04/how-to-make-backtrack-4-persistent-installation-on-usb-disk-drive/
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June 24, 2009
If you can’t login with root/toor than your install is not clean, do it again
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August 7, 2009
After pc booting shows windows’s boot. Help pls
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Glafkos Charalambous Reply:
August 8th, 2009 at 6:23 am
Make sure in BIOS you enable Boot from USB option
Regards
Glafkos
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August 9, 2009
I did what you said but Backtrack 4 doesn’t boot from usb.
When i use Backtrack 4 from dvd I have to use noapic nolapic acpi=off.
Now on usb is hanging and I can not pass these cheatcodes.
what can i do?
If you are greek you can answer me in greek!
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Glafkos Charalambous Reply:
August 9th, 2009 at 5:09 am
Hello Alexandre,
On USB drive under boot/syslinux modify syslinux.cfg file with your changes
Regards
Glafkos
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August 11, 2009
what did you mean with this and how to do it
Note: Be sure that your install the MBR on the USB drive by executing drive:\boot\bootinst.bat on your USB drive.
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August 19, 2009
awesome man !!!!!!!!
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August 23, 2009
OK, I did everything. It says cannot load module, corrupt download when trying to load the modules. I checked the MD5 and no problems it’s the same as what it’s supposed to be. So it goes through…sends me to to the login screen and everytime I press in root for login and toor for password it just scrolls down another login screen. What’s going on with this?
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September 17, 2009
i followed the directions carefully but ran into a problem. once i change the bios settings and try to boot from the usb a unetbootin screen appears with an automatic boot countdown timer ticking down from 10. once the timer reaches 0 the timer just restarts at 10 again. this happens repeatedly and never actually boots. i am using an 8 gig hp flash drive and have tried using unetbootin in both windows and knoppix to create the bootable usb and got the same result. i have spent hours with google searching many forums but cant find a solution to the problem. is anyone able to help me with this?
also im using BT4 pre release not beta but while i was searching for solutions i noticed that others have used unetbootin with the pre release with no problems.
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September 20, 2009
T, the same thing is happening to me. If you find the solution, please post it.
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November 26, 2009
Tried this with the pre-final. Used UNetbootin on Windows 7 to load the iso onto the USB key. Once loaded booted from the netbook. I didn’t change the BIOS. Just went to the boot menu and boot from the USB key.
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December 7, 2009
there’s no bootinst.bat script any more with bt4 so this guide is kinda outdated
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Glafkos Charalambous Reply:
December 8th, 2009 at 8:22 am
Yes that is true for Backtrack 4 PreFinal and Final versions. The article was written for Backtrack 4 Beta.
Thanks for pointing that out.
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December 17, 2009
i’m a bit confused about this as well
Note: Be sure that your install the MBR on the USB drive by executing drive:\boot\bootinst.bat on your USB drive.
Please if anyone knows the answer contact me. Thank you.
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Glafkos Charalambous Reply:
December 17th, 2009 at 3:50 pm
It would still work without executing bootinst.bat on Backtrack 4 PreFinal
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December 17, 2009
How do you get on the internet through fire fox in backtrack 4?
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December 24, 2009
there actually is no password, just the username “root” for password just hit enter key. then at prompt type “startx” and there you have it!
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Glafkos Charalambous Reply:
December 24th, 2009 at 11:26 pm
The username and password are needed only for BT4 Beta. Thanks for pointing that out..
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January 9, 2010
i have been trying to boot the pre final from usb using unetbootin and it just goes to the generic screen and dose nothing help please
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cameron Reply:
February 3rd, 2010 at 6:19 am
I think you got messed up on the boot sequencing. disable all other boot devices – HDD, Dvd/cd-Rom, etc. – and leave the USB boot only
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January 12, 2010
I have the same problem as above, nothing happens when I tried to boot from usb, once I select boot from usb in bios and in startup options it just hangs, though the light on the usb is flashing so it is communicating to some degree. I would appreciate any suggestion on this, I used unetbootin on vista sp2 with backtrack 4 beta, I tried to boot on the same pc I made it on, then also tried it with my desktop that runs xp pro as well as my new pc running windows 7. Nothing, I tried reinstalling it and still nothing.
If I find the solution I will post it, Thanks for reading my problem and I will look forward to the solution.
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February 2, 2010
Hey, can anybody tell me how to make a bootable usb drive with bt4 FINAL? It seems it this doesn’t work, I tried it but it got stuck on 85% while extracting the .iso file
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Glafkos Charalambous Reply:
February 3rd, 2010 at 9:00 am
This is normal. You should wait for some time because at 85% the read only filesystem (squashfs) is being copied which is around 1.5GB
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February 4, 2010
I did all these :
2. Download UNetbootin to make usb bootable
3. Run Unetbootin and select bt4 final.iso for diskimage
4. Select USB Drive letter and click on OK to start making a bootable usb drive
I followed all the instructions and tried to boot from usb but it hangs.
Please HELP.
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