backtrack-3-manual-install-from-livecd fdisk /dev/hda delete all partitions create 2 new partitions: first primary: most of hd second primary = swap = about 1.5 times RAM mkfs.ext -I 128 /dev/hda1 mkswp /dev/hda2 swapon May have to reboot (as CD may have mounted kernal with one idea of the HardDrive...) Step 10: Create and mount directories: mkdir /mnt/backtrack, enter mount /dev/sda3 /mnt/backtrack, enter sda4 for dual mkdir /mnt/backtrack/boot, enter mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/backtrack/boot, enter sda2 for dual Step 11: Copy files over (this replaces the BT Installer; which wasn't working and why doing it manually is needed): cp --preserve -R /{bin,dev,home,pentest,root,usr,etc,lib,opt,sbin,var} /mnt/backtrack (this command takes some time to run) mkdir /mnt/backtrack/{mnt,proc,sys,tmp}, enter mount --bind /dev/ /mnt/backtrack/dev/, enter mount -t proc proc /mnt/backtrack/proc/, enter cp /boot/vmlinuz /mnt/backtrack/boot, enter chroot /mnt/backtrack /bin/bash, enter (may receive '/dev/pts/1: no such file or directory' error, ignore it) Step 12: Configure Lilo: nano /etc/lilo.conf, enter remove all [video] comments including the uncommented 773. but keep vga=791 and uncomment it change "boot" = "/dev/sda" change "root" = "/dev/sda3" sda4 for dual comment out the "message" line near the top If you are not running dual-boot, delete the Windows boot options and leave only linux save and exit lilo -v, enter Step 13: Done! Exit chroot, exit terminal, logoff and reboot