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<pre caption="Unpacking the stage">
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<pre caption="Unpacking the stage">
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# <i>tar -xvjpf stage?-*.tar.bz2</i>
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# <i>tar -xjpf stage?-*.tar.bz2</i>
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<note>
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If you wish to see what's happening during the extraction process, specify <c>-v</c>
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(verbose).  This used to be the default in the guide, however people have found
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that it slows down the extraction process somewhat.
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</note>
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Some architectures (e.g. MIPS) Live CDs and boot images rely upon the <c>tar</c> built into
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BusyBox which doesn't currently support the <c>-v</c> option.  Therefore it may
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not work.
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Make sure that you use the same options (<c>-xvjpf</c>). The <c>x</c> stands for
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Make sure that you use the same options (<c>-xjpf</c>). The <c>x</c> stands for
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<e>Extract</e>, the <c>v</c> for <e>Verbose</e> (okay, yes, this is optional),
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<e>Extract</e>, the <c>j</c> for <e>Decompress with bzip2</e>, the <c>p</c> for
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the <c>j</c> for <e>Decompress with bzip2</e>, the <c>p</c> for <e>Preserve
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<e>Preserve permissions</e> and the <c>f</c> to denote that we want to use a file, not
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permissions</e> and the <c>f</c> to denote that we want to extract a file, not
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standard input.
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standard input.
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We will now extract the stage tarball of your choice. We will do this with the
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We will now extract the stage tarball of your choice. We will do this with the
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GNU <c>tar</c> tool. Make sure you use the same options (<c>-xvjpf</c>)! In the
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GNU <c>tar</c> tool. Make sure you use the same options (<c>-xjpf</c>)! In the
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next example, we extract the stage tarball 
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next example, we extract the stage tarball 
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<path>stage3-&lt;subarch&gt;-2004.3.tar.bz2</path>.
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<path>stage3-&lt;subarch&gt;-2004.3.tar.bz2</path>.
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Be sure to substitute the tarball filename with your stage.
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Be sure to substitute the tarball filename with your stage.
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<pre caption="Extracting the stage tarball">
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<pre caption="Extracting the stage tarball">
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# <i>tar -xvjpf /mnt/cdrom/stages/stage3-&lt;subarch&gt;-2004.3.tar.bz2</i>
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# <i>tar -xjpf /mnt/cdrom/stages/stage3-&lt;subarch&gt;-2004.3.tar.bz2</i>
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