Installing backtrack 5 R3 in virtual machine step by step [ how to ]

In this tutorial i will show you how to install Backtrack 5 R3 which is recently  released by offensive security team . if you've previously installed backtrack then you might be familiar with backtrack installations  . its easy and simple just follow given simple steps.


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
All this covered in next tutorial >>>>