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Root Backtrack on the Avid 4G

ZeroGeined

Well-Known Member
So I'm trying to run Backtrack 5 on my Avid 4G, and I'm running into a few issues. Ive got the terminal emulator and androidVNC installed and the Backtrack ARM folder extracted to the sd card and everything seems fine until I try to run bootbt. Can somebody explain this to me?

app_99@android:/ $ cd sdcard/backtrack
app_99@android:/sdcard/backtrack $ su
root@android:/mnt/sdcard/backtrack # sh bootbt
open backing file failed: No such file or directory
mount: No such file or directory
mount: No such file or directory
mount: No such file or directory
net.ipv4.ip_forward = 1
bootbt[23]: cannot create /data/local/mnt/etc/resolv.conf: No such file or directory
bootbt[24]: cannot create /data/local/mnt/etc/hosts: No such file or directory
chroot: can't execute '/bin/bash/': No such file or directory
Shutting down BackTrack ARM for Xoom
failed: No such file or directory
failed: No such file or directory
failed: No such file or directory
failed: Invalid argument

Can anybody translate this for me? I'm not well versed in the world of Linux yet.
 
I can help out a bit.

Go to the play store and download Complete Linux Installer (I use this method cause its easier) Make a folder on the root of your sdcard and name it "backtrack". Paste your .img file in that folder. launch Complete Linux Installer and navigate to "Launch" then choose backtrack. one your seuccesfully launched u will see
root@local host (in red letters)

from here u want to open your vnc and in the address field type "localhost" in port field make sure it says "5900" and in the password field type "backtrac" (without the "k") then click connect.

*note: also in vnc, scroll to color format and choose 24-bit color (works best for me). I also use 800x480 as my resolution.


I did notice that sometimes you have to wipe your cache/dalvik if in the terminal window it doesn't display a message about "vnc".
 
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