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On 08/20/2010 11:02 AM, Philip Webb wrote: |
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> 100820 Philip Webb wrote: |
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>>> The next step seems to be to unpack the whole Stage 3 tarball |
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>>> in the netbook's / dir& see what happens. After that, a full reinstall. |
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> Further examination of what's in Stage 3 |
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> + review of my detailed notes from installation last year suggest |
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> that the correct attempt wb to unpack the tarball somewhere temporary, |
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> then copy /bin /lib /sbin /usr /var into the existing set-up; |
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> also to unpack the latest Portage snapshot into /usr/portage ; |
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> after that, copy carefully selected parts of /etc . |
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> After all, I do have a working kernel + system configuration, |
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> which is partly what needs to be created during a basic install. |
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> Of course, if there's a simpler method anyone can suggest, I wb thankful. |
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> Can anyone explain why it's choking on the ELF header ? |
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You might be able to grab the 'acl' and 'attr' packages from here: |
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http://tinderbox.dev.gentoo.org/ |
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Hopefully, replacing them will fix your coreutils. If not, try replacing |
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coreutils too. |
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Note that this probably has the potential to make things worse, and I |
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obviously can't test it. |