Installing Backtrack 5 R3 In Virtual Machine Step By Step

Stage 1 

Requirements
1 : Download backtrack ISO from here
2 :  Download VMware Workstation or  VMplayer
3 : Install any of above

Stage 2

Installation

1 : Create A new virtual machine

2 : choose installer ISO ( choose backtrack 5 ISO ) 

3 : choose Linux as your guest operating system type and Ubuntu as version

4 : give a name and location of your backtrack VM

5 : Specify virtual hard drive space ( 20 GB is good enough )

then click finish from ready to create vm window

hit enter to go boot screen then choose default boot text mode and hit enter

HIT ENTER AT THIS POINT

type startx to start GUI ( x server )

click on Install backtrack icon or open terminal type sh -c “ubiquity” 

and continue like normal installation choose keyboard type and provide location info

if you are installing just backtrack then go normally and erase and use entire disk

or if you installing backtrack with other OS then specify partition accordingly ( in this tutorial m using virtual hard-drive )

click on forward and click on install

wait until it finish installing

it will take up-to 30 minutes depend on your system

Stage 3
Network Configuration
virtualbox guest audition installation
vmware tools installation
backup and recovery
snapshots

username : root
password : toor