Backtrack 3 and USB

The Quick and Dirty Pictorial Guide to a Non-Persistent USB Installation

Who is Michael Smith?

• 8 years active duty army• Graduate of Russian basic course,

Defense Language Institute, Monterey, CA

• DotCom survivor• Infantryman, deployed to Afghanistan

(2004)• CISSP #50247 (2003), ISSEP (2005)• Former CISO, Unisys Federal Service

Delivery Center• Currently a Manager in a Big Four Firm

Non-Persistent Install1. Format USB Drive as VFAT/Windows 32

2. Copy /boot and /BT3 to the USB Drive

3. Make a Master Boot Record on the USB DriveFrom Windows:

Double-click on boot/bootinst.batFrom Linux:

cd /path/to/mount/point./bootinst.sh

4. Boot from the USB Drive

5. Happy Hacking!

Non-Persistent Install from WindowsFormat the USB Drive as FAT32

Non-Persistent Install from WindowsGet IsoBuster from the following url:http://www.isobuster.com/isobusterdownload.php

Install the software using the default options

IsoBuster lets us rip apart .iso images. We’ll need this to extract the files for the USB Install

Non-Persistent Install from WindowsRun IsoBuster and load up the .iso image for

BackTrack

Non-Persistent Install from WindowsDrag-n-Drop the boot and BT3 directories from

IsoBuster to the USB Drive

Non-Persistent Install from WindowsPro-Tip: For the corporate-issue Lenovo Thinkpad T60,

you’ll need the ATI drivers to get the GUI to work.

You can get the driver from from the following url:http://www.offensive-security.com/modules/ati.lzm

Copy this file to the BT3/modules/ directory and it will be automagically installed.

Non-Persistent Install from WindowsMake the USB Drive bootable by double-clicking on

boot/bootinst.bat. You might get an MBR error, the install still worked.

Windows Non-Persistent Install Caveats Vista permissions to write to drives might bomb the MBR

installation, try it on XP or a different machine. Install is basically a LiveCD on a USB Drive There is a way to save changes, look at the BackTrack Wiki Don’t worry about messing up the install, it’s easy to blow

away and start over!

USB Booting

The Pictorial Guide to the Lenovo ThinkPad T60

Booting From USB Drive

1. Go into BIOS Settings

2. Boot off USB Drive

3. Pick the right BackTrack boot option

4. Happy Hacking!!

Booting From USB Drive

For the ThinkPad T60, use the “ThinkVantage” button

Booting From USB Drive

Hit F12 to get to the boot menu

Booting From USB Drive

Pick the USB Boot device

Booting From USB Drive

Pick the right BackTrack boot option. KDE is probably the best one, compiz might not work for you, depending on your hardware.

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