Making a bt4-pre-final.iso bootable USB drive Use an 4 GB drive Boot a VM to bt4-pre-final Add a USB device to the VM (VM, Removable Devices, USB device, Connect) At the Backtrack terminal prompt: # startx Open a Terminal window ---------------------------------------------------- # gparted Open device /dev/sda delete all existing partitions Now the whole disk should be Type "free" Create a primary partition with size 1500 MB, fat32, no label Create a second primary partition to use all remaining space, ext3, no label Set the BOOT partition as Active (not really necessary) Close gparted At terminal prompt, do this to make the DATA partition persistent: # mkfs.ext3 -b 4096 -L casper-rw /dev/sda2 This takes several minutes. At terminal prompt, do this to mount the BOOT partition for writing: # mkdir /mnt/sda1 # mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/sda1 Then use this command to copy the bte-pre-final.iso files to the BOOT partition: # rsync -avh /media/cdrom/ /mnt/sda1 (Notice the final / in /media/cdrom/) Now install the grub bootloader: # grub-install --no-floppy --root-directory=/mnt/sda1 /dev/sda Next adjust the boot loader menu.lst file # nano /mnt/sda1/boot/grub/menu.lst Edit the second line to be default 4 Then scroll down to find the "Start Persistent Live CD" section Add this to the end of the kernel line for an Eee PC: vga=0x315 If you are using a non-netbook computer, use 0x317 /boot/vmlinuz BOOT=casper boot=casper persistent rw quiet vga=0x315 Save changes # umount /mnt/sda1 ----------------------------------------------------- # init 6 Reference: http://pauldotcom.com/2009/06/backtrack-4-pre-release-with-p.html last modified 7-28-09