Drake Donahue wrote:

> try:
> run:
> cd /mnt/gentoo
> cp /mnt/cdrom/snapshots/portage-20050709.tar.bz2 /mnt/gentoo
> (this will set conditions as though snapshot was downloaded) then: 

It tells me there is no space left on device?
There's probably a clue in the my response to the other message, same 
thread?
I suspect that things are not mounted the way I think they are.

Peter

>
> tar -xvjf /mnt/gentoo/portage-20050709.tar.bz2 -C /mnt/gentoo/usr
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Martin" <pjmartin@...>
> To: <gentoo-amd64@g.o>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 11:33 PM
> Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Problems getting started
>
>
>> yes
>>
>> Richard Fish wrote:
>>
>>> On 12/20/05, Peter Martin <pjmartin@...> wrote:
>>>
>>>> The root is /mnt/gentoo   on /dev/hda3
>>>>
>>>> I then did:
>>>> tar -xvjpf /mnt/cdrom/stages/stage3-20050709-2005.1.tar.bz2
>>>> then
>>>> tar -xvjf /mnt/cdrom/snapshots/portage-20050709.tar.bz2  -C 
>>>> /mnt/gentoo/usr
>>>> As I watched the blur flashing by on the monitor, about 2/3 of the way
>>>> through the lines began to rap. When the process stopped and I 
>>>> could see
>>>> what was happening; after each tar command it was stating
>>>> "cannot write no space left on device."
>>>> This baffles me as 10 Gig should be plenty of space?
>>>>
>>>
>>> It is, but did you do "cd /mnt/gentoo" before extracting the files?
>>>
>>> -Richard
>>>
>>>
>>
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