Installing Backtrack 5 r3 in Virtual Machine

This tutorial will help you how to install Backtrack 5 r3 in virtual machine. I will assume that you have already done setting-up your virtual machine (If not, you can follow my guide click here).

1.    Installing the Backtrack 5 r3 Operating System in Virtual Machine.
Prepare your Backtrack 5r3 Installer, it’s either an ISO Image or a bootable LiveCD. You can download it here (link).

2.    Select your Virtual Machine and click settings. Go to Storage, you will see the virtual hard disk that you created earlier and an empty disc. Click the empty disc and click the disc icon on the right side, choose a virtual CD/DVD and browse for the ISO. The image file of Backtrack 5 r3 will be mounted and this will act as virtual CD/DVD of your virtual machine. Click “Ok”.

3.    Start the virtual machine. Wait for backtrack to boot until the selection menu screen.
Select the “Backtrack Text – Default Boot Text Mode” and press Enter.

4.    Backtrack is now running. You can start using backtrack on this mode, but our tutorial is to install backtrack so we will proceed and enter to the GUI.

·         To do this, just type:               startx

5.    You will be on the desktop screen of backtrack. You will see an icon with the name “Install Backtrack”. Open it to run the setup and complete the steps.

·         Select Language (English)

·         Select Time Zone (You can click it on the map)

·         Keyboard Layout (just click forward)

·         Prepare disk space (just click forward)

·         Click Install

6.    Wait until the installation is finish and click “Restart Now”.

  

Setting-up Virtual Machine using Oracle VM Virtual Box

As per requested, I created a tutorial on how to setup a virtual machine. This tutorial includes screenshots to guide everyone on every steps. :)

Setting-up the Machine.

1.    Open  Oracle VM Virtual Box

2.    Click New, a small window will pop.

·         Enter any name you want. I will use “Machine01” as example.

·         Select type and version of Operating System you are going to install.

·         Click next

3.    Select the amount of memory (RAM) in megabytes to be allocated to the virtual machine.

If you are not sure about this, just click “Next”. You can still adjust it later.

4.    Hard drive. We can create or use an existing virtual hard drive on this part. To make this tutorial easier, let’s just proceed and create a new virtual hard disk.

·         Just click next on the next window.

·         You can adjust the size of your virtual hard drive or just proceed and click “Create”.

5.    Your Virtual Machine is now created. You are now able to install your OS.