When you use gentoo you must do many things by hand.

Try to make another directory first: 
  mkdir /tmp/win
then mount it:
  mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /tmp/win
then extract tarball to /mnt/gentoo (which is mountet to your destination):
  tar xvfj <snapshot> -C /mnt/gentoo
now do the next steps in manual...

have a lot of fun,

Sebastian


Am Freitag, 1. Juni 2001 07:10 schrieben Sie:
> Hi,
> I wanted to try out the Gentoo distribution and the most convenient method
> for me would be storing system snapshot on FAT partition and installing it
> from there.  The instructions talk only about installing from CD-ROM or
> Linux.  I have tried to mount the partition in question using:
>  'mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /mnt/cdrom'
>  but it did not work.   Do you have any sugestions on how to install from
> FAT?
> I am not a complete newbie when it comes to installing Linux (I have tried
> a few distributions in the past) but my expertise level is relatively low
> so take it into account when giving advice :-)
>
> waldekO
> osuchw@... -> Waldemar Osuch
>
>
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