====== How to make a BackTrack3 bootable SD card/USB flash drive with persistent changes ======
=== YOU WILL NEED: ===



  * Copy of BackTrack3 Beta – 14-12-2007 USB version (''bt3b141207.rar''), get it here: www.remote-exploit.org/backtrack_download.html
  * SD card or USB flash drive with at least 2GB capacity


=== STEPS: ===


  -Using a partition editor of your choice, create 2 partitions on the SD card/USB flash drive. The first partition should be FAT 16 and at least 1GB (larger is recommended if you plan to add any additional modules, 1.5GB is a good size). The second partition should be Ext2. It MUST be Ext2, or this setup will not work. For the purposes of this how-to, the first partition will be referred to as ''sda1'', the second as ''sda2''.
  -Extract the files from ''bt3b141207.rar'' and copy the ''boot'' and ''BT3'' directories and their contents to the first partition (FAT 16) of the SD card/USB flash drive.
  -Create an empty directory called ''changes'' on the second partition (Ext2) of the SD card/USB flash drive.
  -Run the ''bootinst.sh'' script contained in the ''boot'' directory on the first partition (''/mnt/sda1/boot/bootinst.sh''). This will make the SD card/USB flash drive bootable.
  -Edit the ''syslinux.cfg'' file found in ''/mnt/sda1/boot/syslinux''. Specifically, find the entry for the persistent changes option, and amend the ''changes=/slax/slaxsave.dat'' boot parameter to ''changes=/dev/sda2'' and save the amended ''syslinux.cfg'' file. The persistent changes entry should now look like:\\ \\ LABEL pchanges\\ MENU LABEL BT3 Graphics mode with Persistent Changes\\ KERNEL /boot/vmlinuz\\ APPEND vga=0x317 initrd=/boot/initrd.gz ramdisk_size=6666 root=/dev/ram0 rw changes=/dev/sda2 autoexec=xconf;kdm\\ \\ Note: The ''/dev/sda2'' path assumes that when booting from the SD card/USB flash drive your machine is identifying the FAT 16 partition as ''sda1'' and the Ext2 partition as ''sda2''. If the partitions are being identified as something else (''sdb1'' and ''sdb2'', for example), the ''changes='' path will need to reflect that. In other words, if the Ext2 partition is identified as ''sdb2'', the path should be ''changes=/dev/sdb2''.
  -Boot from the SD card/USB flash drive, select the persistent changes option from the BT3 boot menu, and you should be on your way. Before shutting down BackTrack3 for the first time, it is advisable to edit ''/etc/rc.d/rc.0'' by adding the line ''rmmod snd-hda-intel'' just above the ''#Set the path.'' comment. This will prevent the problem of the power not completely turning off at shutdown.

=== Known issues: ===


This setup seems to disable the Hal daemon. Drives can still be mounted and unmounted  from the command line using ''mount'' and ''umount''.