How to install Backtrack 5 on HTC Droid Incredible?

[Baijayanthi]

I have brought HTC Droid Incredible five weeks ago and I was always eager to install Linux on it. And recently I have heard that backtrack team has developed Backtrack 5 ARM Version for mobile phones. I'm sure it won't be hard to port this over to the HTC Droid Incredible. But before porting I want to know the pre-requisites and the steps required to install backtrack 5 in my HTC Droid Incredible.

[Elijah]

I Modified the start of backtrack:

#Mount SYSTEM RW
#mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system

export kit=/sdcard/bt
export bin=/system/bin
export mnt=/data/local/bt
export PATH=$bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin:$PATH
export TERM=linux
export HOME=/root

# Mounting Image to the farthest loop point
# FIXME : check if mount sucessfull otherwise abort whole process.

mknod /dev/block/loop254 b 7 254
busybox losetup /dev/block/loop254 $kit/bt.img

busybox mount -t ext2 /dev/block/loop254 $mnt

busybox mount --bind /dev/pts $mnt/dev/pts
busybox mount --bind /proc $mnt/proc
busybox mount --bind /sys $mnt/sys

#seting environment
sysctl -w net.ipv4.ip_forward=1
echo "Setting /etc/resolv.conf to Google Open DNS 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4"
echo "nameserver 8.8.8.8" > $mnt/etc/resolv.conf
echo "nameserver 8.8.4.4" >> $mnt/etc/resolv.conf
echo "127.0.0.1 localhost" > $mnt/etc/hosts
echo "BackTrack Loader by Anant based on ubuntu loader"
echo "BackTrack is ready just type 'bt'"

Hope this helps someone.

[Luis234]

I in fact found that it is not too practical. I was capable to own a test machine just as with no trouble. When only using text mode it is pretty simple and not actually slow either. If I keep in mind suitably (I deleted the original) I think all I changed was:

mount -t devpts devpts $mnt/dev/pts
mount -t proc /proc $mnt/proc
mount -t sys /sys $mnt/sys

Changed to

Code: busybox mount --bind /dev/pts $mnt/dev/pts
busybox mount --bind /proc $mnt/proc
busybox mount --bind /sys $mnt/sys

[kraal]

Got it working on the Atrix as well. Only things I had to change in the start scripts were the file location, sdcard-ext, instead of sdcard, and the startvnc resolution to 960x540. Now I just need to figure in how to get my Bluetooth mouse to effort correctly and not go a billion miles an hour just stirring it.i am just loving the backtrack 5 in my htc droid incredible. Above instructions was helpful and was easier to understand.

[mesterio]

I created all necessary directories and got rid of all error messages except loop254 made to mount / data / local / backtrack.mknod returns the file already exists (I too twice check / dev, and it is there as well), but fails to mount a "refusal of device" fault message. Everything else is mounted correctly in the start script go back and sample has been mounted with the m 'mount' command. I "wondering if it is a problem with ext2 support or am missing something simple. I'll do some Google and to report if I find more information, but essentially.

[SalVatore]

Just a little update .after further testing with multiple kernels and verifying ext2 support on the droid it still won't read loop254 as a valid device even though it is there. I have done testing on both the droid 1 and the droid 2 with the same results. I guess the next step is to partition the card with a 6GB ext2 partitions for backtrack and 2GB fat for phone stuff. Although the same issue is common and well complained about in an XDA thread I've read multiple reports of people successfully running on what appears to be stock droids so i don't know where I’m going wrong but if I figure anything out I'll post it.. Thanks for all the effort in developing and supporting this so far guys!