[silentguy]

Hi!
anybody had a look at how to get the new Backtrack 4 to work? I know, it's not final but only rc right now, but I thought I'd ask anyway... If my dl finishes I'll try to figure out how to modify the bt2 multiboot plugin, but I thought it couldn't hurt to ask beforehand...

BTW it might be a good idea to put a note on the How to include a custom image to tell people what they can actually use... for instance, I found out that it seems I can use my Acronis True Image Home 2009 Rescue Medium (.iso) while most live cds etc won't work... Which is not really surprising but giving some pointers would be nice...

[silentguy]

I think I got this to work now... I changed some filenames in the inf file and some options in the ini...
The only problem i had was that the bt2 plugin used isolinux.bin which was no longer on the bt4 cd... trying the iso in a vm, it seems to work non-the-less which might be cause by me having a isolinux.bin from knoppix or something...
Oh, end the options used in the menu.lst from the bt4 iso were quite different then the ones in the plugin... i just used the ones from the menu.lst and appended the proper initrd= part, but i'm not sure if that was the right way to pass the options or if they might be different now...

[silentguy]

Okay, all my tests seemed to work. I just uploaded my modified plugin to MegaUpload. It includes the isolinux.bin from knoppix in it's files folder. This folder is also the place where you should place either the iso (untested cause i have problems with unisofs) ot all the files from the dvd. I tested it with bt4-pre-final.iso from Remote Exploit.

PlugIn for BT4

[NickStihl]

I'm receiving an error message up on boot up of the Backtrack 4 Pre-Final image. The error is "alert! dev/ram0 does not exist". I'm guessing this probably has something to do with how my syslinux.cfg is setup. Any info would be helpfull.

Here's my menu.lst config for backtrack4

title BackTrack 4 Pre Final
kernel /BackTrack4/files/boot/vmlinuz vga=0x317 ramdisk_size=6666 root=/dev/ram0 rw quiet
initrd /BackTrack4/files/boot/initrd.gz

This post has been edited by NickStihl: 24 August 2009 - 10:50 AM

[pcuser]

Try this instead:

title BackTrack FrameBuffer (1024x768)
kernel /BackTrack4/files/boot/vmlinuz BOOT=casper boot=casper nopersistent rw quiet vga=0x317 
initrd /BackTrack4/files/boot/initrd.gz

[NickStihl]

pcuser, on 24 August 2009 - 10:12 AM, said:

Try this instead:

title BackTrack FrameBuffer (1024x768)
kernel /BackTrack4/files/boot/vmlinuz BOOT=casper boot=casper nopersistent rw quiet vga=0x317 
initrd /BackTrack4/files/boot/initrd.gz

Sorry No Joy Joy. I'm receiving a different error message now which mean that we're making progress.

ERROR:
hda_request: I/O error, dev, hda, sector 4

Now I'm getting stumped

This post has been edited by NickStihl: 24 August 2009 - 03:35 PM

[pcuser]

That looks like a problem with your hard drive. You might want to run some drive diagnostics from UBCD4Win like HDTune.

You could try running it from RAM:

title BackTrack Graphical Mode from RAM
kernel /BackTrack4/files/boot/vmlinuz BOOT=casper boot=casper toram nopersistent rw quiet
initrd /BackTrack4/files/boot/initrd.gz

BTW. I haven't had time to test any of this yet.

[NickStihl]

pcuser, on 24 August 2009 - 02:45 PM, said:

That looks like a problem with your hard drive. You might want to run some drive diagnostics from UBCD4Win like HDTune.

You could try running it from RAM:

title BackTrack Graphical Mode from RAM
kernel /BackTrack4/files/boot/vmlinuz BOOT=casper boot=casper toram nopersistent rw quiet
initrd /BackTrack4/files/boot/initrd.gz

BTW. I haven't had time to test any of this yet.

I'm running BT4 from a 16GB thumb drive. I know that the HDD is good. I'll try these parameters.

[NickStihl]

NickStihl, on 24 August 2009 - 02:57 PM, said:

pcuser, on 24 August 2009 - 02:45 PM, said:

That looks like a problem with your hard drive. You might want to run some drive diagnostics from UBCD4Win like HDTune.

You could try running it from RAM:

title BackTrack Graphical Mode from RAM
kernel /BackTrack4/files/boot/vmlinuz BOOT=casper boot=casper toram nopersistent rw quiet
initrd /BackTrack4/files/boot/initrd.gz

BTW. I haven't had time to test any of this yet.

I'm running BT4 from a 16GB thumb drive. I know that the HDD is good. I'll try these parameters.

Well the good news is that we found another way it won't work.

Here's syslinux.cfg:

DEFAULT vesamenu.c32
PROMPT 0
TIMEOUT 200
ONTIMEOUT UBCD4WIN
MENU TABMSG Please visit the forums at http://www.ubcd4win.com/forum/
MENU TITLE Welcome to the Ultimate Boot CD for Windows!
MENU BACKGROUND LOGO.PNG

LABEL UBCD4Win
MENU LABEL Launch "The Ultimate Boot CD for Windows"
KERNEL UBCD4WIN.bss
TEXT HELP
Runs a pre-installed Windows environment, loaded with diagnostic tools.
ENDTEXT

LABEL c
MENU LABEL Boot from drive C:
KERNEL chain.c32
APPEND hd0

LABEL reboot
MENU LABEL Launch "Reboot"
KERNEL reboot.c32
TEXT HELP
Reboot PC
ENDTEXT

label dban
MENU LABEL Darik's Boot And Nuke v2.0 ~ Sub-Menu
KERNEL /syslinux/vesamenu.c32
APPEND /syslinux/dban-Syslinux.ini

LABEL FreeDOS
MENU LABEL FreeDOS
KERNEL memdisk
APPEND initrd=\images\freedos.img
TEXT HELP
FreeDOS.
ENDTEXT

LABEL GOBACK
MENU LABEL Norton GoBack Removal Tool
KERNEL memdisk
APPEND initrd=\images\goback.ima
TEXT HELP
Allows access to GOBACK protected drives.
ENDTEXT

LABEL memtest
MENU LABEL Memtest86 v3.5
TEXT HELP
Test system memory for errors
ENDTEXT
KERNEL /images/memtest

LABEL NTFS4DOS
MENU LABEL NTFS for DOS
KERNEL memdisk
APPEND initrd=\images\ntfs4dos.img
TEXT HELP
Access NTFS partitions from DOS.
ENDTEXT

LABEL NTPWD
MENU LABEL Offline Password & Registry Editor
TEXT HELP
* version: 2007-09-27
* http://home.eunet.no...rdahl/ntpasswd/
Petter Nordahl's Offline NT Password & Registry Editor
ENDTEXT
KERNEL /isolinux/pnordahl
APPEND rw vga=1 init=/linuxrc initrd=/isolinux/pnordahl.cgz,/isolinux/scsi.cgz

LABEL cmdc
MENU LABEL Windows" Recovery Console
KERNEL cmdc.bss
TEXT HELP
Windows" Recovery Console
ENDTEXT



And here's my Menu.lst:

color black/cyan yellow/cyan
default /default
default 11
timeout 10

title Launch "The Ultimate Boot CD for Windows"
fallback 1
find --set-root /ntldr
chainloader /ntldr
savedefault --wait=2

title commandline
savedefault --wait=2
commandline

title floppy (fd0)
chainloader (fd0)+1
rootnoverify (fd0)
savedefault --wait=2

title reboot
savedefault --wait=2
reboot

title Darik's Boot And Nuke v2.0 ~ Submenu
configfile /dban-Grub4dos.ini

title FreeDos
map --mem (hd0,0)//Images/freedos.img (fd0)
map --hook
chainloader (fd0)+1
rootnoverify (fd0)

title GOBACK Removal Tool
map --mem (hd0,0)//Images/goback.ima (fd0)
map --hook
chainloader (fd0)+1
rootnoverify (fd0)

title Memtest86 v3.5 (iso boot)
map (hd0,0)//Images/memtest.iso (hd32)
map --hook
chainloader (hd32)
boot

title NTFS-Dos
map --mem (hd0,0)//Images/ntfs4dos.img (fd0)
map --hook
chainloader (fd0)+1
rootnoverify (fd0)

title Launch "Windows" Recovery Console"
fallback 1
find --set-root /cmdcons/setupldr.bin
chainloader /cmdcons/setupldr.bin
#####################################################################
# write string "cmdcons" to memory 0000:7C03 in 2 steps:
#####################################################################
# step 1. Write 4 chars "cmdc" at 0000:7C03
write 0x7C03 0x63646D63
# step 2. Write 3 chars "ons" and an ending null at 0000:7C07
write 0x7C07 0x00736E6F
savedefault --wait=2

title PE-Boot (Compatibility Mode)
map --read-only /images/kicker.img (hd0)
map --hook
root (hd0,0)
chainloader +1

title PE-Boot (Compatibility Mode / Memory Mapped)
map --mem --read-only /images/memkick.gz (hd0)
map --hook
root (hd0,0)
chainloader +1

title Backtrack 3
kernel /BackTrack3/files/boot/vmlinuz vga=0x317 ramdisk_size=6666 root=/dev/ram0 rw autoexec=xconf;kdm nosound
initrd /BackTrack3/files/boot/initrd.gz

title BackTrack Graphical Mode from RAM
kernel /BackTrack4/files/boot/vmlinuz BOOT=casper boot=casper toram nopersistent rw quiet
initrd /BackTrack4/files/boot/initrd.gz

[turbine_blade]

It is very cool that one can make a plugin for Back Track 4 (BT4). However, this is a big Linux distro that has far different purposes than UBCD4WIN.

In my small-world viewpoint, I would prefer to place BT4 on USB with UNETBOOTIN. I have done this, and it works great.

Cheers

[NickStihl]

turbine_blade, on 24 August 2009 - 03:26 PM, said:

It is very cool that one can make a plugin for Back Track 4 (BT4). However, this is a big Linux distro that has far different purposes than UBCD4WIN.

In my small-world viewpoint, I would prefer to place BT4 on USB with UNETBOOTIN. I have done this, and it works great.

Cheers

you do have a point good sir. Maybe we can't all have our cake and ice cream.

[bdmeyer]

I am trying this now. Thanks for your hard work.
One thing I noticed is, many of the plugins have a file named something like:
'Copy the contents of the ISO here'
or
'Copy the ISO here.'

I am guessing I need to extract the contents of the ISO to the files dir. We'll see if that was right! :-)

--Bruce D. Meyer

[philip1192]

I'm having issues with this plugin. I use it as well as BT3 because this has more tools, but won't connect to the internet. However, when I burn the cd, it only shows BackTrack 3 on the menu. No BT4. Why not?

[philip1192]

Ok. I fixed it so that BT4 shows up, but I get an error. I would give a prtscn but it won't work. So here's what the screen says when I boot BT4:
IO APIC Resources could not be allocated.
Loading, please wait...
SQUASHFS error: Major/Minor mismatch, older Squashfs 3.0 filesystems are unsupported


BusyBox v1.10.2 (Ubuntu 1:1.10.2-1ubuntu7) built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.

(initramfs)


What's up here? What does this mean? If it makes any difference, I'm using Sun VirtualBox to boot it.

[cdob]

philip1192, on 24 October 2009 - 09:19 PM, said:

SQUASHFS error: Major/Minor mismatch, older Squashfs 3.0 filesystems are unsupported

Most likely this is a conflict. Did you add other multi boot plugins?
Add one filesystem.squashfs only.