Today, we are going to learn how to install BackTrack 5 R3 on USB. The process is same for BackTrack 5 R2 and R1 also. The process is really simple and easy so let us get started.
What You’ll Need
BackTrack OS
- Just go the link and click Download.
- In Select Require Version select BaclTrack 5 R3
- In Window Manager i would prefer to select GNOME (Coz it looks clean and nice) but you can select KDE. (They are the flavors of Backtrack)
- And in Architecture Choose 32 for a 32-bit architecture and vice versa
- In Image Type select “ISO”
- And At last you can select your preferred download type. Usually I use Torrent.
Unebootin
This is the software that allows you to create bootable Live USB drive. It is available for Linux, Windows and OSX. You can download Unebootin from here.
USB Drive
Minimum USB Drive of 4GB capacity is required.
Process
So, after getting everything ready let us get started.
Step 1: Plugin your USB Drive
Step 2: Format the USB drive to FAT32
Step 3: Start Unebootin and choose the “diskimage” option below and browse for the BackTrack 5 ISO file.
Step 4: Select the “Type” as USB Drive.
Step 5: Select your USB drive and click “OK” for making a bootable BackTrack USB drive and the proces will be started.
Final Step : After the process completes the just reboot the computer and boot BackTrack from the live USB Drive and remember that the default username and password are ” root / toor ” and enter ” startx ” to get into the GUI mode.