Now we are going to install BackTrack 5 R2 on Virtual Box. Perform the following steps:
First, launch your Oracle VM Virtual Box.
A new window will appear with the message Welcome to the New Virtual Machine Wizard; click on Next.
We follow the same process which we followed during our Windows XP virtual machine creation for the BackTrack virtual machine setup. Our BackTrack machine will be set up and the summary displayed as shown in the following screenshot. Click on Create:
Now Oracle VM VirtualBox Manager will open and will show the new virtual machine in the right pane. Select that virtual machine and click on Start to start the installation process of BackTrack 5.
A new window will appear with the message Welcome to the First Run Wizard!; click on Next to begin.
A new window will appear with options for selecting source installation media. Select the ISO image of BackTrack 5 or the DVD Rom drive to install from CD/DVD, and then click on Next.
A new Summary window will open, and it will show the type of media that was selected for installation, the media source, and the type of device; now click on Start.
The BackTrack boot screen with a command-line interface will appear, showing the prompt: root@bt:~#; type
startx
as the value of this command and press Enter.Now the BackTrack GUI interface will start and we will see an icon named Install BackTrack. We will have to click on that icon to continue the installation process.
After that, the installation wizard will start. Select the language and click on Forward.
The installation wizard will automatically set the time from the network time server.
Select the Time Zone and Region, and click on Forward.
The next wizard will ask for the Keyboard layout. Select the appropriate layout according to your language and click on Forward.
The disk partition wizard will appear. Just use the default settings and click on Forward.
The setup will start copying files. It will take approximately 40 minutes to complete the installation.
After finishing the installation, just click on Restart, and now the BackTrack installation is ready for use.