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From: Peter Martin <pjmartin@×××××.ca>
To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Problems getting started
Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 14:04:10
Message-Id: 43A9606B.8090907@magma.ca
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Problems getting started by Drake Donahue
1 Drake Donahue wrote:
2
3 > try:
4 > run:
5 > cd /mnt/gentoo
6 > cp /mnt/cdrom/snapshots/portage-20050709.tar.bz2 /mnt/gentoo
7 > (this will set conditions as though snapshot was downloaded) then:
8
9 It tells me there is no space left on device?
10 There's probably a clue in the my response to the other message, same
11 thread?
12 I suspect that things are not mounted the way I think they are.
13
14 Peter
15
16 >
17 > tar -xvjf /mnt/gentoo/portage-20050709.tar.bz2 -C /mnt/gentoo/usr
18 >
19 > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Martin" <pjmartin@×××××.ca>
20 > To: <gentoo-amd64@l.g.o>
21 > Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 11:33 PM
22 > Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Problems getting started
23 >
24 >
25 >> yes
26 >>
27 >> Richard Fish wrote:
28 >>
29 >>> On 12/20/05, Peter Martin <pjmartin@×××××.ca> wrote:
30 >>>
31 >>>> The root is /mnt/gentoo on /dev/hda3
32 >>>>
33 >>>> I then did:
34 >>>> tar -xvjpf /mnt/cdrom/stages/stage3-20050709-2005.1.tar.bz2
35 >>>> then
36 >>>> tar -xvjf /mnt/cdrom/snapshots/portage-20050709.tar.bz2 -C
37 >>>> /mnt/gentoo/usr
38 >>>> As I watched the blur flashing by on the monitor, about 2/3 of the way
39 >>>> through the lines began to rap. When the process stopped and I
40 >>>> could see
41 >>>> what was happening; after each tar command it was stating
42 >>>> "cannot write no space left on device."
43 >>>> This baffles me as 10 Gig should be plenty of space?
44 >>>>
45 >>>
46 >>> It is, but did you do "cd /mnt/gentoo" before extracting the files?
47 >>>
48 >>> -Richard
49 >>>
50 >>>
51 >>
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54 >>
55 >>
56 >
57
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Re: [gentoo-amd64] Problems getting started Drake Donahue <donahue95@×××××××.net>