if you used opera on device try to omit 'z' from tar options, opera is too clever and decompresses it on download. Otherwise the download may be corrupted, try again or try on desktop pc first.

5. no but 'sudo gainroot' must give you root shell. if not then become root in your preferred way and run script as root
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fanoush,

I followed your instructions to install the bootmenu. The script worked like a charm. Thank uou vey much.

I also have aother question. During the clone process, I executed apt-get -d install tar, it was ok. But when I type dpkg -x /var/cache/apt/crchives/tar..14-2.losso_armel.deb
I got the following message

dpkg-deb: -extract needs a target directory. Perhaps you should be using dpkg --install?

Could you please advise what should I do?

Thanks for your help.

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