Updating Live Security CD

July 19, 2007

Say I want to add a few packages or updates to the latest Backtrack
LiveCD, such as Wireshark or Firefox 2, what is the best way to
accomplish that?

Is there a way to slipstream additional files onto the LiveCD, or can
I save changes onto a USB drive or something like that?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Best regards,
John

BackTrack is a distribution that was actually built to be modular (i.e. Add
custom packages)

All the details on how to do this can be found in the BackTrack wiki:

http://backtrack.offensive-security.com/index.php?title=Howto:Mod_Linux

Hope this gets you goin’ in the right direction…

A new version is coming out shortly, you may not want to get too
invested in updating your own copy until that one is out. Probably a
few weeks.

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