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Old 08-16-2009   #1 (permalink)
bckerr


 
 

Backtrack4 and Virtual PC

I am trying to run Backtrack4 with windows virtual pc but it is failing to
load. THe problem seems to be the video for some reason yet I can run
backtrack4 just fine under vBox (sun). Any suggestions would be great or if
anyone had the same problem and found a solution. BTW my pc is a spanking new
HP AMD phenom quad core with 8gig ram, ati radeon 9870 video card and im
running windows vista/7 64bit.

My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 08-21-2009   #2 (permalink)
Benjamin Armstrong [MSFT]


 
 

Re: Backtrack4 and Virtual PC

Okay -

I grabbed BackTrack 4 Pre Release and got it working by:

Boot, select "Start BackTrack FrameBuffer (1024x768)" and type "e"
Select the "kernel" line and type "e"
Type in " i8042.noloop" at the end of the line and hit enter
Type "b" to boot

(all of this is needed to get the mouse to work)

Now, once you get to the prompt - type in:
"fixvesa" and hit enter
"startx" and hit enter

Now you will be up and running

Cheers,
Benjamin Armstrong
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bckerr wrote:
Quote:

> I am trying to run Backtrack4 with windows virtual pc but it is failing to
> load. THe problem seems to be the video for some reason yet I can run
> backtrack4 just fine under vBox (sun). Any suggestions would be great or if
> anyone had the same problem and found a solution. BTW my pc is a spanking new
> HP AMD phenom quad core with 8gig ram, ati radeon 9870 video card and im
> running windows vista/7 64bit.
My System SpecsSystem Spec
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