Howto:USB Stick

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Make a BackTrack2 USB Stick

NOTE: This procedure works on the IRC Addict Pre-Release BT2 and the final release, but it does not work on sidc and earlier versions


1. Open the backtrack.iso file: 

   Option 1. In Windows, use a program such as isobuster
   Option 2. In Backtrack, mount the iso 
       (mount -o loop -t iso9660 yourcd.iso /mnt/iso)
   Option 3. In OSX, mount the iso

2. Extract and copy the /boot and /BT folders from the iso to the USB flash stick


3. Make the USB Stick bootable:

Warning:

the following step makes the device bootable by creating an MBR. Make sure you run this command from the USB stick, not from the mounted iso, otherwise you will corrupt your existing MBR. 

   Option 1. In Windows, cd into <path to stick>/boot, and execute the bootinst.bat. 
   Option 2. In BackTrack or OSX, cd into <path to stick>/boot, and execute the bootinst.sh

4. The author assumes no responsibility for this procedure, especially if you don't RTFM, particularly the Warning in step 3.


-ziplock

Annotation from an unidentified poster:


If using the Backtrack Installer from the Version 2.0 Final LiveCD do the following:

use /boot as source, then select sda for creating the MBR on it and sda1_removable or the Name of your stick as Destination folder,

Make sure not to choose your HD Drive here !!! It will render your current OS Install useless !!!

After that just copy the BT Directory to the stick.

These Steps were supposed to be automatically done by the Backtrack Installer on the LiveCD Iso, unfortunately it`s broken in the Final Version, when ran from the LiveCD. Sorry.

Annotation WARNING IMPORTANT

Before You say That your key is not working/booting : TRY ALL of your usb ports (front,left,back,right ALL...) Some Usb 2.0 hardware restricts Booting To different ports.. For me, the front ports were not booting, so I tried back and it worked ! After a while , I retried to boot in front usb, AND IT WAS WORKING ...??? Good Luck !

Annotation from Tomasz M:


A bit more automatic approach for USB install as above - if you have an ISO image of BT2final please mount it in /mnt/iso (for example) and using Backtrack Installer set Source to /mnt/iso, select destination and double check if you didn't misspelled it, then check once again - the same with MBR destination.

When you start install you can go for a coffee - this takes a few minutes...

Nothing special about this note, but some of you may prefer this way of installation.

Annotation from Joe S:

I had issues with setting up the MBR, because I didn't have permissions for /boot/syslinux/lilo and /boot/syslinux/syslinux. Just chmod 755 both files, and it'll work out.

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