[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)

