On Fri, 20 May 2005, askar ... wrote:
> I'm trying to use HAL91 floppy distro.
> Its tar also doesn't support '-j' option, but has bunzip.
Exactly. So if you use gzip you can use the -z flag of tar instead...
> So, 1st I bzunipped and the using tar.
> I'm still in the process of trying to instal
I'm trying to use HAL91 floppy distro.
Its tar also doesn't support '-j' option, but has bunzip.
So, 1st I bzunipped and the using tar.
I'm still in the process of trying to install gentoo...
askar
On 5/19/05, A. Khattri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, 19 May 2005, Iain Buchanan wrote:
>
>
On Thu, 19 May 2005, Iain Buchanan wrote:
> does bzip2 exist? you could do something like
>
> bzip2 -cd | tar -f "-"
>
> or something...
Why not just bunzip2 it and then gzip the stage file instead?
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On Wed, 2005-05-18 at 21:04 +0600, askar ... wrote:
> 2) prepared partitions
> /dev/hda3 ext2 for /boot
> /dev/hda4 ext3 for root
> /dev/hda5for swap
so long as you have an extended partition around there somewhere...
> 11) tar -xvjpf /temp/stage3file.bz2
> a
On Wed, 2005-05-18 at 14:31, askar wrote:
> > > 11) tar -xvjpf /temp/stage3file.bz2
> > > and here I had a error:
> > > tar: illegal option -j
> > >
> > > I have question:
> > > a) Does it mean tomsrtbt doesn't support '-j' option?
Yes, that message means that the tar program it runs doesn't supp
> > 11) tar -xvjpf /temp/stage3file.bz2
> > and here I had a error:
> > tar: illegal option -j
> >
> > I have question:
> > a) Does it mean tomsrtbt doesn't support '-j' option?
>
> Its possible some features were switched off to make the binaries small
> enough to fit on the floppy. Does 'tar --
On Wed, 18 May 2005, askar ... wrote:
> 11) tar -xvjpf /temp/stage3file.bz2
> and here I had a error:
> tar: illegal option -j
>
> I have question:
> a) Does it mean tomsrtbt doesn't support '-j' option?
Its possible some features were switched off to make the binaries small
enough to fit on the
> can you just boot from any bootable flopy (like toms root boot) and then
> mount the cdrom drive instead of trying to chain-boot the cdrom drive?
Yes, I can boot from tomsrtbt floppy.
> Then at least you can un-pack the contents onto your harddrive, install
> grub and get going that way.
I did
On Sun, 2005-05-15 at 23:09 +0600, askar ... wrote:
> "Booting the LiveCD with Smart BootManager" is close stuff I'm looking
> for, but when I booted floppy created as written above section, my USB
> CD-ROM not listed in boot menu :(
can you just boot from any bootable flopy (like toms root boot)
On Sun, May 15, 2005 6:09 pm, askar ... said:
> "Booting the LiveCD with Smart BootManager" is close stuff I'm looking
> for, but when I booted floppy created as written above section, my USB
> CD-ROM not listed in boot menu :(
SBM doesn't boot from USB devices.
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"Booting the LiveCD with Smart BootManager" is close stuff I'm looking
for, but when I booted floppy created as written above section, my USB
CD-ROM not listed in boot menu :(
askar
On 5/15/05, A. Khattri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sun, 15 May 2005, askar ... wrote:
>
> > I have thinkpad la
See if this helps
http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Install_Gentoo_without_a_livecd
askar ... wrote:
>I have thinkpad laptop 240X.
>I have Windows98 and Suse installed on it.
>I have a external floppy drive (not usb) and external usb CD-ROM drive.
>I installed Suse first booting from floppy and when s
On Sun, 15 May 2005, askar ... wrote:
> I have thinkpad laptop 240X.
> I have Windows98 and Suse installed on it.
> I have a external floppy drive (not usb) and external usb CD-ROM drive.
> I installed Suse first booting from floppy and when system booted I
> was able continue installing Suse with
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