arnuld: > tell me one thing if these 2 sets of commands do the same thing: > > [SET 1] > # cd /mnt/gentoo/ > # tar xvjf portage-latest.tar.bz2 > > [SET 2] > # tar xvjf /mnt/gentoo/portage-latest.tar.bz2 -C /mnt/gentoo/usr > > i used SET 1 & i think both are same as i alrady did CD intp > "/mnt/gentoo".
Your previous SET 1 was: # cd /mnt/gentoo/ # tar -xvjf -latest-portage here- -C /usr but, as Koef pointed, was wrong. Try SET 2, or the following SET 1 variant: # cd /mnt/gentoo/ # tar -xvjf -latest-portage here- -C usr because "-C /usr" is not the same as "-C /mnt/gentoo/usr". HTH Sergio -- [email protected] mailing list
