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What happens when I try to install Opera is I run out of space.  I can 
install all needed dependencies.  I then download the Opera 8.54 tar.gz. 
Following the instructions I move it to /tmp.  Then I run TAR -zxvf 
opera*.tar.gz.  It runs until it gets to the main Opera binary.  It then 
stops for several minutes and then the shell prompt comes back.  As there are 
other things to install after that I figure I am having a space issue.  This 
is why I am trying to expand the 20 meg file to 50.  Maybe I can't use dd.  
Maybe I have to mount the 2 files as loop files and copy one over to the 
other.
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> On Sat, 16 Jan 2010, baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org wrote: 
> 
> > OK, I tried something else. I made a copy of the fs50meg.img in a 
> > separate subfolder. I then copied in FS.IMG (the regular 20 meg DOS 
> > loop file). I then executed "dd if=FS.IMG of=fs50meg.img conv=notrunc". 
> > It copied the one file into the other and it was not truncated to the 20 
> > meg. size. Looked good but the test I use is to attempt a install of 
> > Opera. Opera would not install. I must assume that the extra 30 meg is 
> > unusuable unaccessable. What am I doing wrong? 
> 
> Copy opera*.tar.gz (qt-static) to / 
> tar -zxvf opera*gz 
> startx 
> xterm (rxvt) 
> cd /opera* 
> opera 
> 
> You can run it this way without installing it. 
> If it won't load, you may be missing the dependencies. 
> 
> Did you add the required libraries for opera first? Steven describes his 
> method at the BL site. See my site for another way using less space. 
> 
> You can find a list of required libraries by cd'ing to opera-9.64 and 
> ldd opera (the binary is there - other opera file is a script to run it 
> from uninstalled files). You also need a couple of other unlisted 
> libraries to get online. 
> 
> Opera since version 8 will not run in less than 64K colors. If you are NOT 
> using Xvesa, in BL3, check /etc/XF86Config to be sure you have a line for 
> 16 bit color under Screen. 
> 
> What exactly happens when you try to install Opera? 
> 
> 
> Sindi 
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