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BackBox

BackBox is a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu developed to perform penetration tests and security assessments.

Designed to be fast, easy to use and to provide a minimal yet complete desktop environment thanks to its own software repositories constantly updated to the last stable version of the most known and used ethical hacking tools.

BackBox x86

Copy backbox.seed , initrd.lz , vmlinuz , filesystem.* to appropriate directory: (LOWER CASE ONLY!)

cp /mnt/cdrom/preseed/backbox.seed /tftpboot/er/plugins/backbox/i386/backbox.seed
cp /mnt/cdrom/casper/vmlinuz /tftpboot/er/plugins/backbox/i386/vmlinuz
cp /mnt/cdrom/casper/initrd.lz /tftpboot/er/plugins/backbox/i386/initrd.lz
cp /mnt/cdrom/casper/filesystem.* /tftpboot/er/shares/backbox/i386/casper/

BackBox x64

Copy backbox.seed , initrd.lz , vmlinuz , filesystem.* to appropriate directory: (LOWER CASE ONLY!)

cp /mnt/cdrom/preseed/backbox.seed /tftpboot/er/plugins/backbox/x86_64/backbox.seed
cp /mnt/cdrom/casper/vmlinuz /tftpboot/er/plugins/backbox/x86_64/vmlinuz
cp /mnt/cdrom/casper/initrd.lz /tftpboot/er/plugins/backbox/x86_64/initrd.lz
cp /mnt/cdrom/casper/filesystem.* /tftpboot/er/shares/backbox/x86_64/casper/