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General Tech => Operating System => : Wolf February 16, 2012, 03:21:22 AM

: back track 5
: Wolf 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?
: Re: back track 5
: atsuktuvas 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".

:)
: Re: back track 5
: Wolf 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
: Re: back track 5
: Stackprotector February 26, 2012, 12:05:03 PM
Uhm,   possible using that strange mac bootloader right?     is a virtual box to limited for you?
: Re: back track 5
: Wolf February 27, 2012, 04:47:55 AM
it is, is there another boot tool? or will that version not work for mac?
: Re: back track 5
: Stackprotector 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.
: Re: back track 5
: Super_mario666 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.
: Re: back track 5
: Z3R0 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.
: Re: back track 5
: techb 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.