[H] Hacking Live CD

On June 16 2010 08:24 celious wrote:
its a liveCD so you just boot from your cd. Setup a VM to mount your cd drive or ISO and then give it boot priority over your VM hard disk.

On June 16 2010 08:28 celious wrote:
try giving your VM more ram at least 512.

On June 16 2010 08:32 DeathByMonkeys wrote:
What OS is it a Live CD of?

You said you checked the VM to mount from the CD drive, but did you try this with your BIOS so you can run it off the regular computer?

On June 16 2010 08:34 Saracen wrote:

Yeah that was the first thing I tried, sorry if it wasn't clear in the OP. As to your first question, it's supposed to be a Linux environment.

On June 16 2010 08:36 Beloth(OD) wrote:
I wouldn't buy books with titles such as those.

On June 16 2010 08:41 DeathByMonkeys wrote:


Possibly the CD is corrupt (or this is your first challenge, to get the thing working! ).

Anyways if you can't end up getting the thing working then you may just be able to download whatever linux flavor it is off the internet and go from there, but it seems like you tried something like that already. If you already have Ubuntu running it may not matter that much unless the Live CD had pentesting software pre-downloaded for you.

Also check out Backtrack 4, it's a pentesting flavor of Linux based off of Ubuntu that comes with something like 300+ pentesting tools.

Backtrack 4

On June 16 2010 08:45 Saracen wrote:

The thing is, the book uses examples from the CD, so you're supposed to "follow along" as you read. It's not so much pen testing as learning how code works at a lower level, like assembly. So it would really nice if I could get the actual CD to work.

On June 16 2010 08:41 Saracen wrote:

The book itself is actually really good. The CD just provides some "hands on" stuff, which you typically need when learning anything with computers.

On June 16 2010 08:49 DeathByMonkeys wrote:


Could you provide a little more background info? What native OS are you running? You said you have Ubuntu running in a virtual machine, or was that your native OS? You don't know exactly what's on the CD, does the book tell you?

The bootable LiveCD provides a Linux-based hacking environment that is preconfigured for programming, debugging, manipulating network traffic, and cracking encryption. It contains all the source code and applications used in the book. Hacking is about discovery and innovation, and with this LiveCD you can instantly follow along with the book's examples and explore your own.
The LiveCD can be used in most common personal computers without installing a new operating system or modifying the computer's current setup. System requirements are an x86-based PC with at least 64MD of system memory and a BIOS that is configured to boot from a CD-ROM.

On June 16 2010 09:55 pettter wrote:
Stuck? How long have you waited? It may take quite some time to load all the stuff it will need into memory.