On Fri, Feb 01, 2002 at 08:49:12PM +0100, Michael Schmitz wrote: > it seems the current m68k basedebs.tgz (as found at) > >http://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/mirrors/debian/dists/testing/main/disks-m68k/base-images-current/ > is a plain tar archive, uncompressed. (Previously, it was gzip compressed, > at least the copy I have from around April last year).
April last year? Did basedeb tarballs even exist then, or are you thinking of a "base" tarball? > The installer (from 3.0.18-2001-12-21) doesn't seem to cope (there's an > error flashing on the main screen but no details logged on console #3). I've no idea what dbootstrap expects here. debootstrap expects either /path/to/foo.tar or /path/to/foo.tgz. Cheers, aj -- Anthony Towns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://azure.humbug.org.au/~aj/> I don't speak for anyone save myself. GPG signed mail preferred. The daffodils are coming. Are you? linux.conf.au, February 2002, Brisbane, Australia --- http://linux.conf.au/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]