[EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
> I was wondering if it is still possible to somehow do a "manual"
> install from base2_2.tgz using an existing Linux/PPC installation? I
> tried to follow the minihowto thing, but wasn't terribly sucessful
> (that is, base2_2.tgz from  potato-current) - 

I just did... but in my case, it was actually a missing perl causing all those 
missing file errors. I salvaged just the perl binary from my LinuxPPC install.

> * dselect wasn't able to configure everything in the base packages due
> to missing
>   helper programs (update-rc.d and install-info); I tried simply
> commenting those
>   out of the postinst scripts, and everything configured, but when I
> booted
>   I got an "enter runlevel:" prompt..

Say 'S' (for single user)


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