Package: debootstrap Version: 0.2.45 This is on architecture arm (and running on an arm machine).
I downloaded the basefiles.tar for sarge, and ran this: debootstrap --arch arm --unpack-tarball /mnt/cf1/basedebs.tar --verbose sarge . It goes okay for a while, but then: I: Extracting libgcc1... I: Extracting gcc-3.3-base... I: Extracting libstdc++5... ar: /mnt/cf1/.//var/cache/apt/archives/dpkg_1.10.27_arm.deb /var/cache/apt/archives/dpkg_1.9.21_arm.deb: No such file or directory zcat: stdin: unexpected end of file I: Installing core packages... dpkg: parse error, in file `/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 2 package `dpkg': error in Version string `': version string is empty W: Failure trying to run: chroot /mnt/cf1/. dpkg --force-depends \ --install /var/cache/apt/archives/base-files_3.0.2_arm.deb \ /var/cache/apt/archives/base-files_3.1.2_arm.deb \ /var/cache/apt/archives/base-passwd_3. ... (screen cut off here) umount: /mnt/cf1/./dev/pts: not found Thanks! Daniel Ashbrook -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]