I currently am running BackTrack2 installed to HD, the .iso was only 590MB when I downloaded it and burned it to a CDR, then I did the HD installation. A few days later BTfinal was released and I want to upgrade to it in hopes it addresses some of the bugs I have encountered while running my version of BT2.

Problem is that the BTfinal .iso is 689.8MB and my CDR is only 650MB. I also have a few CD's which have very small amounts of data already written to them (ie. 2MB etc...) and was thinking (hopeing) that I can amend one of these CD's with the BTfinal .iso but am wondering if because of the already written data if the CD will be useable (bootable)? If not then...

I was thinking (hopeing) that there is a method in which I can mount the .iso under windows perhaps (I run dual OS's) or even under the existing BT2 installation and use virtual methods to install the new BTfinal to the/overtop of the existing BT2 install??? possible or not even close?

There doesn't seem to be any gui software manager under BT2 that would allow me to easily upgrade my BT2 to the newer version, there is probably some manner to do so using console commands but haven't tried ever and don't even know how (yet).

Has anyone an idea in the world how I can do this without going out and buying a new CD? (broke)

any tips would be great, I'm stuck on this tonight but maybe just need to sleep on it..........cheerz.

Well after sleeping on it I decided to just go and try buying a CD and going the easy route--but I cannot seem to find any CD's that are large enough to hold the BackTrackfinal .iso which is 689.8MB (windows says it is actually just over 700MB???) This makes me wonder how everyone else is burning the image?? Are there not cd's available that are of a larger capacity than the typical 650-700MB? Maybe trhey are all buring to DVD!? (I only have a DVD reader...) or copying mit to a USBthumbdrive and going that route?(I only have a 256MB!!)

I must admitt that I am a bit stumped here! The only other thing I could think of is perhaps trying to convert the image to filesystem on a virtual drive- say under my windows xp installation, snipping out a directory which is not crucial for installation, then taking the resulting filesystem and copying/installing to my linux partition via console rather than the easy gui that is provided, and after installed copying the snipped dir over to the HD installation?? I haven't ever tried something like this but don't really see why it woudln't work, just isn't the easiest solution is it? Other than that I am out of ideas here.....anyone? tips, suggestions? I'm floundering here!

I know it is possible to use an .iso under linux without burning to disk so surely there is such a solution under windows as well? I don't know enough about the .iso standard to know if it is possible to simply snip an image into smaller portions and burn them seperatly but that may also be a possibility--guess I could do some more reading and googling

any help really would be an asset- if I am missing something totally I need to be told! regards readers--jd

How are you actually burning the ISO ??
The image size should not be a problem.

I just burned that ISO two days ago using Nero on Windows onto a 700MB CDR.

Hi and thanks for the reply- under linux I was trying k3b and getting a capacity err and under windows I am using winiso which won't allow me to ammend to a cd and my CDR's are only 650mb. I do have a few cd's which already have small data amounts written, like 2MB and so on but again not allowed to amend under winiso- I guess I could try to find another burner prog which might allow me to amend but I don't even know if the resulting cd would be bootable because of the prior written data??

Yeah the actual iso is less than 700MB but for some reason windows seems to show it as over 700..(ok I'm an idoit, just thought about that for a second and realized that the windows is showing the capacity in kb which does work out to be what it is supposed to be, 689MB--so I guess if I can find a prog to amend that may be a workable solution!

Don't I feel like a tool......

You will not be able to burn an ISO image if there is anything on the CD-R already.

You will need a clean 700MB CDR disk.

thanks for that- just saved me some time and grief. Guess I'll have to go and pick up a cd tomorrow. In the meantime I actually have been investigating my alternate 'theory' and found out there are .iso editors , emus and downloaded a neato prog called Daemon Tools. With it I am able to mount the .iso thru a virtual drive and tweak the contents- so if I had to I could use one of my 650mb cdr's to do the installation and later copy the snipped portions over to the linux partition once an hd installation is completed.

So I guess in summery there is more than one way I can get the job done and I don't feel so damn lost anymore!!

Thanks again, at least someone is willing to take the time and post! cheers for that- I'll return the gesture if I can....jd