Howto: BackTrack 2.0 final , automated download and installation on USB Stick from windows

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Newbee USB INSTALLER UNDER WINDOWS

I have coded this over the past few days. A GUI for downloading and installing BT2 to a usb stick, flash card or usb hd in a way that the king of newbeez can do it so if your interested in this freeware, here is the link, feel free to ask questions, feedback welcome.....:

http://rapidshare.com/files/29047490/BT2USB4WINBETARELIZ2.rar.html Welcome to BackTrack 2 USB 4 WIN

1)What the hell is it ?

The purpose of the BackTrack 2.0 Downloader and USB-Stick burner for Windows, is like for BT1, and previous betas(based on slax 5 .mo) to install BackTrack 2.0 in a few clicks to a USB-Stick under Windows systems, in a convenient and user friendly interface.

This operation is still possible with MSC, but only for BT1 an BT2betas based on slax 5 .mo standard. BackTrack 2.0 Final is based on slax 6 .lzm standard, so it won't work with MySlaxCreator because of that.

For realize this you'll need to format the Stick, extract the BT and BOOT folder to the USB-Stick from within the bt2final.iso and make the Stick bootable. This 3 operation need to Format in Windows(normal right click format will do the job), need to have an iso software or an archiver software installed in order to mount or extract bt2final.iso, and finaly to run the batch shell file located in /BOOT in order to make it bootable.

So I built a GUI for theses operations with theses characteristics

Built-in Fonctions : Downloading BT2 from mirror User can use also an already downloaded release MD5 Hash control of releases Formating FAT32 USB ISO extraction with 7z Making Stick bootable :

Future-in project Help File Internationalisation of BackTrack's KDE (mean BT in your language directly) Add modules possibility Inclusion of other mirrors Resuming dl Log install feedback Update mirrors and Interface .... Ideas Welcome......

2) How to use ?

First be sure your install dir for USB2USB4WIN doesn't contain spaces or weird characters

1)Choose english 2)Choose if you want to download or to use one of your release 3)When MD5 occurs, screen seems to hang for 1 min, it's normal, will unfreeze 4)Choose the destination, you can only choose removable ones, be sure to select the root of it 5)INSTALL BEGIN, format extraction transfer and make bootable operations are automated 6)You can reboot Windows from the application or not

I created a sourceforge space for BT2USB4WIN this afternoon, wait for approval from sf admins....may take 15 days.... will be usefull to update and to keep free access to this soft...

It's already functional but only in english bt version ... you can test it on the link, just unrar and run the BT2USB4WIN.exe be carefull to not extract in a dir with space or weird chars... c:\backtrack is cool, i will fix this asap....

also begin the Internationalisation project, with automated downloading kde base and support or install from drive and modification of release.... french will be the first to be release on the "locales addon" i plan for this soft....

work also on an automated update of list and mirror to keep soft up to date with BT

The other features will wait....

So i will edited this post for future addon development state

INTERNATIONALIZATION DEV STATE >>> STILL LUA CODING, many bugs in integration of new languages in iso

NO SPACE BUG DEV STATE >>> NEAR FIXED

UPDATE LIST MIRROR AND RELEASE DEV STATE>>> TESTING BETA

HELP FILE CHM DEV STATE >>> NEARLY FINISHED

INSTALL REAL MODE TO USB DEV STATE >>> JUST BEGINING BRAINSTORMING

ADD MODULES DEV STATE >>> JUST BEGINING BRAINSTORMING

that's all for the moment....

UPDATE SOON....

Thx to BT TEAM....RESPECT.... Sh@m@nVirtuel 2007,May