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4.

Once you load into the Backtrack environment it should start up and load a bunch of things on the screen then ask you type something. You will need to type:

startx

bringing up the main backtrack desktop KDE environment. We will now need to format the third partition for Linux before we install. To do this, open up a Shell Konsole and type: (Text shown in bold is your command entry)

fdisk /dev/sda

then simply type the command:

Command (m for help): p

this will bring up something like:

Device Boot      Start      End            Blocks    Id   System

/dev/sda1             1        26        204819+    ee   GPT

/dev/sda2          26    9278     74317824     af   Unknown

/dev/sda3     9294  24029   118357016     a8  Darwin UFS

/dev/sda4  *   24046  38914   119427072   7  HPFS/NTFS

That is what my basic partition table looks like BEFORE the Linux partition format. The following commands will allow you to install Linux on your system, use them in the exact order given: (Text shown in bold is your command entry)

Command (m for help): d

Partition number (1-4): 3

Command (m for help): n

Command action

e   extended

p  primary partition  (1-4)

p

Selected partition 3

First cylinder (<whatever> – <whatever>, default <whatever>):  Press Enter

Then press Enter again