On Tue, 12 Nov 2002 22:02:47 -0500, Jerome Acks Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Tue, Nov 12, 2002 at 04:03:14AM +0000, Pigeon wrote: >> Nonono you didn't read my post! I'm trying to do exactly what this >> page suggests. ar still works, so I can get to the control & data >> .tar.gz stage. But tar/gzip don't work. So I have to copy the .tar.gzs >> onto my DOS partition, reboot into Windoze and unpack them with >> WinZip. > >tomsrtbt has tar. sash also has tar as builtin. tomsrtbt - yeah, but tar xzf foo doesn't work, nor does gunzip foo | tar x. Thanks, anyway. I've managed to boot normally again by manually dissecting and copying in bits of the Debian 2.1 CD, and am trying to use dselect to reinstall everything that may or may not be broken. It more or less works but moans on a few packages that /var/lib/dpkg/alternatives/foo is corrupt. Can I delete that, or do I risk breaking anything if I do? (which I have asked in a separate post "/var/lib/dpkg/alternatives", please reply there and consider this as thanks for your suggestions.) Pigeon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
