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On Wed, Dec 29, 2004 at 09:17:54PM -0500, John wrote:
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> 2004-12-26 kl. 00.27 skrev John:
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> i'm not quite sure how to do a manual install of the binary sets. Do I=20
> just copy the necessary sets into / and unpack them? I'm not sure if that=
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> would work since I'm not able to boot any of the provided 2.0 kernels=20
> except for the install kernel.=20

You don't need to copy the sets into / if you can access them while=20
unpacking (you boot off CD and they are on the CD - you're fine).

tar xzpf /path/to/sets will work. tar xzpvf will list the files.

You need the 'p' in there to preserve file permissions. Otherwise set-uid=
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binaries don't work (as they aren't set-uid).

For etc.tgz, I usually follow the suggestions on the etcupdate man page=20
examples:

     To update the configuration files from binary distribution sets do som=
e-
     thing like this:

           mkdir /tmp/temproot
           cd /tmp/temproot
           tar xpzf /some/where/etc.tgz
           etcupdate -b /tmp/temproot

Take care,

Bill

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