Geomancer626 Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 I keep getting an error about being unable to mount sda1 because of unsupported optional features (240) Anyone have suggestions on what to try? Here's my config. menu.lst title Back Track 4 final root (hd0,0) configfile /bt4-menu.lst bt4-menu.lst title Start BackTrack FrameBuffer (1024x768) kernel /bootbt4/vmlinuz BOOT=casper boot=casper nopersistent rw quiet vga=0x317 initrd /bootbt4/initrd.gz title Start BackTrack FrameBuffer (800x600) kernel /bootbt4/vmlinuz BOOT=casper boot=casper nopersistent rw quiet vga=0x314 initrd /bootbt4/initrd800.gz title Start BackTrack Forensics (no swap) kernel /bootbt4/vmlinuz BOOT=casper boot=casper nopersistent rw vga=0x317 initrd /bootbt4/initrdfr.gz title Start BackTrack in Safe Graphical Mode kernel /bootbt4/vmlinuz BOOT=casper boot=casper xforcevesa rw quiet initrd /bootbt4/initrd.gz title Start Persistent Live CD kernel /bootbt4/vmlinuz BOOT=casper boot=casper persistent rw quiet initrd /bootbt4/initrd.gz title Start BackTrack in Text Mode kernel /bootbt4/vmlinuz BOOT=casper boot=casper nopersistent textonly rw quiet initrd /bootbt4/initrd.gz title Start BackTrack Graphical Mode from RAM kernel /bootbt4/vmlinuz BOOT=casper boot=casper toram nopersistent rw quiet initrd /bootbt4/initrd.gz title Memory Test kernel /bootbt4/memtest86+.bin title Boot the First Hard Disk root (hd1) chainloader +1 title return to main menu configfile /menu.lst Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 What file system is your multipass using? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geomancer626 Posted January 18, 2010 Author Share Posted January 18, 2010 The usb is formated Fat32. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 That should be fine. Did you verify the md5sum of the iso before extracting it the to USB key? BT4 is in a folder called bt4final Here's my menu.lst entry for BT4 final: ### Back|Track 4 Final ### title BackTrack 4 Final configfile /bt4final/grub/bt4final.lst and bt4final. # By default, boot the first entry. default 0 # Boot automatically after 30 secs. timeout 30 #splashimage=/bt4final/grub/bt4.xpm.gz foreground e3e3e3 background 303030 title Start BackTrack FrameBuffer (1024x768) kernel /bt4final/vmlinuz BOOT=casper boot=casper nopersistent rw quiet vga=0x317 initrd /bt4final/initrd.gz title Start BackTrack FrameBuffer (800x600) kernel /bt4final/vmlinuz BOOT=casper boot=casper nopersistent rw quiet vga=0x314 initrd /bt4final/initrd800.gz title Start BackTrack Forensics (no swap) kernel /bt4final/vmlinuz BOOT=casper boot=casper nopersistent rw vga=0x317 initrd /bt4final/initrdfr.gz title Start BackTrack in Safe Graphical Mode kernel /bt4final/vmlinuz BOOT=casper boot=casper xforcevesa rw quiet initrd /bt4final/initrd.gz title Start Persistent Live CD kernel /bt4final/vmlinuz BOOT=casper boot=casper persistent rw quiet initrd /bt4final/initrd.gz title Start BackTrack in Text Mode kernel /bt4final/vmlinuz BOOT=casper boot=casper nopersistent textonly rw quiet initrd /bt4final/initrd.gz title Start BackTrack Graphical Mode from RAM kernel /bt4final/vmlinuz BOOT=casper boot=casper toram nopersistent rw quiet initrd /bt4final/initrd.gz title Memory Test kernel /bt4final/memtest86+.bin title Boot the First Hard Disk root (hd0) chainloader +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geomancer626 Posted January 18, 2010 Author Share Posted January 18, 2010 Yep, md5 checked out fine as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 Have you tried burning it to a dvd and booting off it to see if it has the same error? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geomancer626 Posted January 18, 2010 Author Share Posted January 18, 2010 Covered that base too unfortunately. :( Burned to dvd it boots fine, and it also works set up on a usb using unetbootin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 That's real strange. What does the directory structure look like when you make it with unetbootin? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geomancer626 Posted January 18, 2010 Author Share Posted January 18, 2010 Here it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 What's under "storage" ? It would probably work by copying casper and boot to the root of the thumb drive and seeing if it runs like that, without modifying the directories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geomancer626 Posted January 19, 2010 Author Share Posted January 19, 2010 Same result. This is so strange! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 Yeah. Have you tried putting it on the other usb key without using unetbootin? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geomancer626 Posted January 19, 2010 Author Share Posted January 19, 2010 I'll give it a shot and see how it works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H@L0_F00 Posted January 22, 2010 Share Posted January 22, 2010 What are the errors you are getting? They seem to be cut off in the picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Posted January 22, 2010 Share Posted January 22, 2010 It looks like it cannot mount /dev/sda1 since it's using EXT3. I don't know for sure tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 Correction: I tried running BT4 Final on the machine running Ubuntu 9.10 using EXT4. I got the same error. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H@L0_F00 Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 From what I've found, there will be an error number after "couldn't mount because of unsupported optional features" Having that number would help... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geomancer626 Posted January 23, 2010 Author Share Posted January 23, 2010 The number is in my original post. I keep getting an error about being unable to mount sda1 because of unsupported optional features (240) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Posted January 24, 2010 Share Posted January 24, 2010 That was the same error I was getting when I booted BT4 on my Ubuntu 9.10 box running ext4. I think it's because Ubuntu 8.10 (which BT4 is based on, didn't support EXT4) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phen1x13 Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 I believe i figured it out. I PMed H@L0_F00 and he helped me. Well it worked on mine, you can test it on yours and see if it does as well. 1- Download BT4 final and ubuntu9-10 iso 2- Extract bt4 using 7zip or whatever else you use. 3- copy the casper and boot folders. This is the code... pay close attention to it. Except for bt4 casper, menu.lst and grldr, I copied into another folder named "boot". You don't need to do it so in case you did not, change the path of your files. My BT4 code: title -=- BackTrack 4: Penetration testing toolkit -=- configfile /boot/bootBT4/grub/BT4menu.lst savedefault My BT4 menu list: splashimage /boot/bootBT4/grub/bt4.xpm.gz color red/black red/black default 4 timeout 30 foreground red background black title -=Start BackTrack FrameBuffer (1024x768)=- root (hd0,0) kernel /boot/bootBT4/vmlinuz BOOT=casper boot=casper nopersistent rw quiet vga=0x317 initrd=/boot/bootBT4/initrd.gz title -=Start BackTrack FrameBuffer (800x600)=- kernel /boot/bootBT4/vmlinuz BOOT=casper boot=casper nopersistent rw quiet vga=0x314 initrd=/boot/bootBT4/initrd800.gz title -=Start BackTrack Forensics (no swap)=- root (hd0,0) kernel /boot/bootBT4/vmlinuz BOOT=casper boot=casper nopersistent rw vga=0x317 initrd=/boot/bootBT4/initrd.gz title -=Start BackTrack in Safe Graphical Mode=- root (hd0,0) kernel /boot/bootBT4/vmlinuz BOOT=casper boot=casper xforcevesa rw quiet initrd=/boot/bootBT4/initrd.gz title -=Start Persistent Live CD=- root (hd0,0) kernel /boot/bootBT4/vmlinuz BOOT=casper boot=casper persistent rw quiet initrd=/boot/bootBT4/initrd.gz title -=Start BackTrack in Text Mode=- root (hd0,0) kernel /boot/bootBT4/vmlinuz BOOT=casper boot=casper nopersistent textonly rw quiet initrd=/boot/bootBT4/initrd.gz title -=Start BackTrack Graphical Mode from RAM=- root (hd0,0) kernel /boot/bootBT4/vmlinuz BOOT=casper boot=casper toram nopersistent rw quiet initrd=/boot/bootBT4/initrd.gz title kernel initrd title -=Memory Test=- kernel /boot/bootBT4/memtest86+.bin title -=Boot the First Hard Disk=- root (hd0) chainloader +1 title -=Main-menu=- configfile /menu.lst ------------------------------------------------------------ Now my Ubuntu code: title -=- Ubuntu 9-10 LiveCD - Linux OS -=- find --set-root /boot/Ubuntu-910.iso map /boot/Ubuntu-910.iso (0xff) map --hook root (0xff) kernel /casper/vmlinuz file=/cdroom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper iso-scan/filename=/boot/Ubuntu-910.iso quiet splash locale=en.UTF-8 -- initrd /casper/initrd.lz N.B.: YOU DO NOT NEED TO EXTRACT UBUNTU, WHICH MEANS THAT YOU DO NOT NEED ITS CASPER FOLDER. THE ONLY CASPER FOLDER YOU WILL NEED IT THE BT4 ONE. You can put "persistent" for Ubuntu if you wish. Thanks a lot H@L0_F00 Now i can finally move to usb hacksaw. I'd really appreciate it if anyone can send me in the right direction, as what to download, what to install, and tutorials on how to use it. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mR.xx Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 thank you alot phen1x13 relay working now I'm writing from bt4 final Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angarato Surion Posted July 25, 2010 Share Posted July 25, 2010 can i make a questiion what's the use of the ubuntu ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phen1x13 Posted July 26, 2010 Share Posted July 26, 2010 can i make a questiion what's the use of the ubuntu ? Asking what's the use of ubuntu is almost the same as asking what's the use of PC. PC is windows and Ubuntu is Linux, does the same thing as PC except.. way better from security to programming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H@L0_F00 Posted July 26, 2010 Share Posted July 26, 2010 Asking what's the use of ubuntu is almost the same as asking what's the use of PC. PC is windows and Ubuntu is Linux, does the same thing as PC except.. way better from security to programming. PC = Personal Computer Windows = Microsoft Ubuntu = GNU/Linux Calling a computer a "PC" has nothing to do with it's OS. It simply means it's a computer for personal use, hence the term Personal Computer. There are infinite uses for Ubuntu. It's rare that one reason is used in explaining the use of it over another OS. http://www.google.com/search?&q=why+use+ubuntu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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