livecd gentoo # tar -xvjf /mnt/cdrom/snapshots/portage- 20050303.tar.bz2 /mnt/gentoo/usr tar: /mnt/gentoo/usr: Not found in archive tar: /Error exit delayed from previous errors Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Follow the exact instructions from the Gentoo Handbook. http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/2005.1/handbook-x86.xml? part=1&chap=5#installing_portage Up until this point... 2. From "/mnt/gentoo/usr" I attempt to extract the portage tarball Actual Results: The command line returns the following messages: tar: /mnt/gentoo/usr: Not found in archive tar: /Error exit delayed from previous errors Expected Results: It should have extracted the tarball contents and I could continue with the next step... Now the Gentoo install works on my other self-built machines, but this fails on my laptop. My other machines are power houses, but my laptop is a crusty old piece of junk boat anchor. Since Gentoo is so lean that why I'd really like to get it to working on my laptop. The initial auto-detecting appears to be finding all my hardware components ie. video, NIC... Toshiba Tecra 8000 | Pentium II 333MHz | 128 MB RAM | 10 GB HDD
you forgot a -C before /mnt/gentoo/usr. tar aborts with reason. Please read more carefully :-) Closing.
