How to start networking in Backtrack 4

[Mr. President]

Ya i decided to boot BT from my USB instead of using VM, i still haven't connected yet but i feel that i am getting close to figuring it out. /etc/init.d/networking start did not work for me but i am getting help from the all knowing Google on the matter, the only problem is if i run backtrack and my attempt fails i have to restart and boot into windows again to surf for more answers lol