Tutorial 1: BackTrack 5 Basic

The easiest method of installing Backtrack 5 is to download the latest Vmware Image, extract the files and double click the Vmware VMX files.

Please take note that You must install VMWare Player or Workstation in order to recognise and boot VMX files.

Step 1: Download Latest Backtrack 5

Step 2: Extract the downloaded file and just double click

Step 3: Login using username= root and password= toor

Step 4: Enter graphic mode by typing: startx 

Step 5: Assigning IP
If you use NAT option on VMWare Network Configuration, DHCP will be automatically assign to wired network interface, you just need to bring up the interface by issuing the command:
root@bt:~# ifconfig eth0 up

If you prefer network with "Bridge/Host Only" option, you need to manually assign the IP, Gateway and DNS by issuing the following command:

root@bt:~# ifconfig eth0 192.168.88.133 255.255.255.0
root@bt:~# route add default gw 192.168.88.254
root@bt:~# echo nameserver 192.168.88.1 > /etc/resolv.conf

Step 6: Get familiar with "Pentest" Directory
All pentesting tools is under "Pentest" directory. You can use following command to get familiar:
root@bt:~# cd /pentest/
root@bt:/pentest# ls
root@bt:/pentest# tree -L 1 -d

Step 7: Updating Backtrack by issuing the following command:
root@bt:~# apt-get update
root@bt:~# apt-get upgrade
root@bt:~# apt-get dist-upgrade

Now you are ready to try out linux command. Backtrack is based on Ubuntu hence most of the command is similar with Ubuntu. In fact you can install "Ubuntu Software Center" as well. Try out the following.

I hope you enjoy and stay tune for the next tutorial..