Getting Backtrack 3 USB to run on Acer Aspire One
I have to admit, I have been trying to get Backtrack 3 to run on my Aspire One for the last few days with no success. I have been using the USB Boot distro but to no joy.
It has driven me mad, even to the point where I almost bought a new laptop to get what I wanted.
So what was the problem? Well, when booting Backtrack 3 USB boot edition, it runs but always goes tits up when trying to get StartX to work. The AAO has only 8Megs of memory, so the Linux desktop is limited to what StartX can run in. At best, the desktop will boot into an 800×600 display, and not the native 1024×600.
However, I have finally fixed this issue so I thought I would share, to save anyone else similar grief and heart ache.
The solution is taken from the AspireOneUser.com forums. First of all, you need to download the correct video driver module and then follow these instructions ….
First, dowload the correct video driver module (see link above)
Put it into the following folder (on the USB thumb drive):
/BT3/Optional
Now you need to edit the following file:
/boot/syslinux/syslinux.cfg
Add in the following text AFTER the first three lines:
LABEL aa1
MENU LABEL BT3 Acer Aspire One Mode
KERNEL /boot/vmlinuz
APPEND vga=785 initrd=/boot/initrd.gz ramdisk_size=6666 root=/dev/ram0 rw changes=/changes/slaxsave.dat load=901_net_gfx autoexec=kdm
Save the file, then use the USB Drive to boot. When the boot selection menu appears, there will be an option to load
BT3 Acer Aspire One Mode
Choosing this will let Backtrack 3 USB to boot and use the native screen resolution.
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