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back track 5
« on: February 16, 2012, 03:21:22 AM »
Ok, so I had to retire my old notebook (due to water damage) but that's what had my back track on it. So I thought "No big deal, I'll just boot it on a usb for my other two comps."
I was wrong. For my mac, when I go through ubootin, i Get the attached pictures. And for my netbook it flashes for a bit then I get stuck in a text screen. Help?

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Re: back track 5
« Reply #1 on: February 18, 2012, 08:27:11 PM »
Well, why don't you just use BackTrack along side Windows on a PC and not a Mac?

You can always sell your Mac and get a better bang-for-the-buck "PC".

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Re: back track 5
« Reply #2 on: February 19, 2012, 12:13:37 AM »
You have a valid point sir, but my only pc is a netbook, and my mac is used for work. I'd like to solve the problem I have.... :P

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Re: back track 5
« Reply #3 on: February 26, 2012, 12:05:03 PM »
Uhm,   possible using that strange mac bootloader right?     is a virtual box to limited for you?
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Re: back track 5
« Reply #4 on: February 27, 2012, 04:47:55 AM »
it is, is there another boot tool? or will that version not work for mac?

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Re: back track 5
« Reply #5 on: February 27, 2012, 12:17:16 PM »
it is, is there another boot tool? or will that version not work for mac?
don't ask me :D, not a mac user.
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Re: back track 5
« Reply #6 on: April 18, 2012, 05:05:26 PM »
And for my netbook it flashes for a bit then I get stuck in a text screen. Help?

Do you mean its stuck on the command prompt?


if so, type "startx" to boot into the GUI.
« Last Edit: April 18, 2012, 06:40:06 PM by Super_mario666 »
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Re: back track 5
« Reply #7 on: April 18, 2012, 07:05:26 PM »
it is, is there another boot tool? or will that version not work for mac?
I used to use a tool call bootcamp to load linux onto the powermacs at my highschool, I'm sure if you can find it, it should still work.

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Re: back track 5
« Reply #8 on: April 18, 2012, 08:30:45 PM »
I'm not a mac user either, but I had a friend who worked for Apple. He used bootcamp as well. I do know that mac has hardware specific things and is locked down at the hardware level, which is why you don't really see OSX in VM.
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