I'm guessing you are unpacking base_tar.gz. Can you plug that hard drive into another machine and unpack it there? I can email the files but I'm confused now who wants them.
On Fri, Jul 02, 1999 at 11:07:11PM +0200, Marcin Owsiany wrote: > On Fri, Jul 02, 1999 at 12:00:49PM -0700, Batmensch wrote: > > Oops, I'm sorry, I didn't realize you were trying to install Debian! > > However, I > > thought the Debian install required LinuxPPC be installed first; maybe that > > is no > > longer true. Certainly, LinuxPPC R5 contains gzip and cpio. > Well OF COURSE I'M installing my beloved Debian! > And it won't require installing LinuxPPC if someone sends me those gzip and > cpio! > Please?! > :) > > > > Sorry about that! Good luck! > > > > Hugh > > > > Marcin Owsiany wrote: > > > > > On Fri, Jul 02, 1999 at 11:46:46AM -0700, Batmensch wrote: > > > > What? Of course it does...if you can't find them, you've got worse > > > > problems... > > > > ; ) > > > ?????????????????????????????????????? > > > but,but ... i mean the primary ramdisk > > > on mine there is /bin being a symlink to /sbin which contain only 35 > > > programs! > > > > > > what am i doing wrong??? > > > I am following http://www.debian.org/~wmono/powerpc/ > > > > > > is it outdated or what? > > > > > > > > > > > Hugh > > > > > > > > Marcin Owsiany wrote: > > > > > > > > > I'm trying to install that silly LinuxPPC... it doesn't have most > > > > > basic > > > > > tools. > > > > > So can anyone mail me a ppc gzip and cpio, please? > > > > > thanx in advance, > > > > > Marcin > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > > > > Marcin Owsiany > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > > Marcin Owsiany > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > > > -- > > --------------------------------------------------- > Marcin Owsiany > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------- > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Christopher F. Miller, Publisher [EMAIL PROTECTED] MaineStreet Communications, Inc 208 Portland Road, Gray, ME 04039 1.207.657.5078 http://www.maine.com/ Database publishing, electronic commerce, office and internet integration.
