----- Original Message ----- From: "Roy Kidder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 1:40 PM Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Untarring does not work.
> Did a little bit of research. Looks like support for bzip2 files was > added to GNU tar in 1999, but it used a gnu-style switch > (--bzip2/--unzip2). The Changelog doesn't mention when that was changed > to -j, however. *Grrrr* The box at work hasn't been booted within the last 2 1/2 years and is a very old box dude freebsd 3.0, still doing it's work:-) > > > Nuckerl Stefan said: > > Damn folks, you are right -j option should work on a gentoo box. > > > > My old tar here at work doesn't have the -j switch. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Jan Heylen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 10:37 AM > > Subject: [gentoo-user] Untarring does not work. > > > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> if I do, in the very beginning of install: > >> > >> 'tar -xvjpf /mnt/cdrom/stages/stage3-*.tar.bz2' > >> > >> *nothing* happens. The tar is not taking mem, nor cpu time if I look > >> with > >> 'ps -e u | grep tar'. > >> > >> The system is a PI 100mhz with 32mb of ram (an IBM PC 350). I know this > >> is > >> not much, and I'm not installing KDE or something, > >> just try to untar the file I just got with FTP, the live-cd I'm using > >> Is > > the > >> old 'ut2K3 demo livecd'. > >> > >> If I do 'tar -c archive.tar poo bar' (poo and bar created before), that > >> works, It creates the archive. > >> But when I try to do 'tar -x archive.tar', I see the same behaviour, > > nothing > >> happens. > >> > >> > >> Can somebody help me out, some hints, tips to find the actual problem? > >> I heard about 'strace', is that on the livecd? > >> > >> My guess is, is that my tar is broken(?!?). > >> > >> > >> Jan > >> > >> -- > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > >> > >> > > > > > > -- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
