Re: [gentoo-user] burning compressed iso

2005-10-22 Thread damian bamforth

--- Holly Bostick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> damian bamforth schreef:
> > On Sat, 2005-10-22 14:59:02, Rumen Yotov wrote:
> > 
> >> IIRC you can use "7zip" for Windows to
> >uncompress
> > 
> > .bz2 compressed files.
> > 
> >> Or search for bzip2 for Windows (was "win tools"
> or something 
> >> similar).
> > 
> > 
> > I have managed to decompress the file with
> 'bsdtar', however, this 
> > does not result in an 'iso' but actually turns the
> 
> > livecd64-ahorn5.iso.bz2 into all the files that
> would make up the 
> > livecd64-ahorn5.iso, so I do end up with all the
> files, but not an 
> > image I can burn onto a cd.
> 
> Perhaps the file you're using has been deliberately
> misnamed. Or,
> perhaps bsdtar is not as useful a program as it
> would seem at first glance.
> 
> If you remove the *.bz2 extension, leaving the
> filename as just *.iso,
> can it then be burned as an ISO in your CD burning
> software?
> 
> In any case I would check the file with WinRAR or
> 7zip (or even Total
> Commander) to confirm that it really is a bzipped
> iso, and not just an
> ISO that has been renamed to iso.bz2
> 
> Holly
> -- 
> gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
> 
> 

Ahhh... 7zip found the iso, and extracting it.
This issue is now resolved. 

Thanks,
Damian
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Re: [gentoo-user] burning compressed iso

2005-10-22 Thread damian bamforth

--- Holly Bostick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> damian bamforth schreef:
> > On Sat, 2005-10-22 14:59:02, Rumen Yotov wrote:
> > 
> >> IIRC you can use "7zip" for Windows to
> >uncompress
> > 
> > .bz2 compressed files.
> > 
> >> Or search for bzip2 for Windows (was "win tools"
> or something 
> >> similar).
> > 
> > 
> > I have managed to decompress the file with
> 'bsdtar', however, this 
> > does not result in an 'iso' but actually turns the
> 
> > livecd64-ahorn5.iso.bz2 into all the files that
> would make up the 
> > livecd64-ahorn5.iso, so I do end up with all the
> files, but not an 
> > image I can burn onto a cd.
> 
> Perhaps the file you're using has been deliberately
> misnamed. Or,
> perhaps bsdtar is not as useful a program as it
> would seem at first glance.
> 
> If you remove the *.bz2 extension, leaving the
> filename as just *.iso,
> can it then be burned as an ISO in your CD burning
> software?
> 
> In any case I would check the file with WinRAR or
> 7zip (or even Total
> Commander) to confirm that it really is a bzipped
> iso, and not just an
> ISO that has been renamed to iso.bz2
> 
> Holly
> -- 
> gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
> 
> 

Ahhh... 7zip found the iso, and extracting it.
This issue is now resolved. 

Thanks,
Damian
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[gentoo-user] burning compressed iso

2005-10-22 Thread damian bamforth
On Sat, 2005-10-22 14:59:02, Rumen Yotov wrote:
>IIRC you can use "7zip" for Windows to >uncompress
.bz2 compressed files.
>Or search for bzip2 for Windows (was "win tools" or
>something similar).

I have managed to decompress the file with 'bsdtar',
however, this does not result in an 'iso' but actually
turns the livecd64-ahorn5.iso.bz2 into all the files
that would make up the livecd64-ahorn5.iso, so I do
end up with all the files, but not an image I can burn
onto a cd. 

I can not boot my new pc without a bootable cd as it
doesn't have an operating system on yet.

Thanks,
Damian
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[gentoo-user] burning compressed iso

2005-10-22 Thread damian bamforth
I want to burn an iso image with a .bz2 extension (the
full file name is
livecd64-ahorn5.iso.bz2).

I only have windows xp.

I tried the 'bsdtar' tool, but, whilst it decompresses
the file, it
doesn't leave an iso image which I can then burn.

What do I do?

Thanks
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[gentoo-user] burning compressed iso

2005-10-22 Thread damian bamforth
I want to burn an iso image with a .bz2 extension (the
full file name is
livecd64-ahorn5.iso.bz2).

I only have windows xp.

I tried the 'bsdtar' tool, but, whilst it decompresses
the file, it
doesn't leave an iso image which I can then burn.

What do I do?

Thanks
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[gentoo-user] help with new install

2005-10-13 Thread damian bamforth
I am fairly new to linux, and have decided to 'give it
a shot'. I have read the manual for gentoo... but I
have run into problems.

My system is an AMD64 3000, with abit AX8 mobo. I
downloaded "Gentoo 2005.1 Universal install CD" and it
boots fine, but does not detect the network card,
which is an on-board device controlled by a 'c plus'
gigabit ethernet chip. 

I managed to get drivers from the manufacturer, in
source code, but I can't work out how to compile it.
According to the stuff I read in the manual and on the
internet, I need to turn the driver source code into a
.ko file for this to work, then use the
'insmod'command. 

The 'make' command that I have read about on the
internet doesn't work. Some documentation talked about
ensuring links point to the right place, and then
recompile the kernel, but obviously this is not an
option on a bootable cd. There doesn't seem to be a c
compiler either - I tried 'gcc'.

It says in the manual that if I have a universal cd
then I don't actually need an internet connection at
this point of the install, but firstly I want to start
at stage 1, because from what I understand gentoo will
be configered more acurately to my system (hence
*better*, I think), and secondly I think I need to
have the network connection set up at this point in
order for portage to work right.

So, what do I do now?

Thanks,
Damian.


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