----- Original Message ----- From: "Jan Heylen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 10:37 AM Subject: [gentoo-user] Untarring does not work.
> Hi, > > if I do, in the very beginning of install: > > 'tar -xvjpf /mnt/cdrom/stages/stage3-*.tar.bz2' > Am I getting old??? Since when can tar extract a bz2 file directly?????? > *nothing* happens. The tar is not taking mem, nor cpu time if I look with > 'ps -e u | grep tar'. > > The system is a PI 100mhz with 32mb of ram (an IBM PC 350). I know this is > not much, and I'm not installing KDE or something, > just try to untar the file I just got with FTP, the live-cd I'm using Is the > old 'ut2K3 demo livecd'. > > If I do 'tar -c archive.tar poo bar' (poo and bar created before), that > works, It creates the archive. > But when I try to do 'tar -x archive.tar', I see the same behaviour, nothing > happens. > > > Can somebody help me out, some hints, tips to find the actual problem? > I heard about 'strace', is that on the livecd? > > My guess is, is that my tar is broken(?!?). > > > Jan > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
