ok i read the unzip page and im trying to unzip feather to my usb drive. Im trying to do it with verbose on as well. i type this:

unzip -v file.zip -d /mnt/usb

and i get this output:

[jeff@localhost jeff]$ unzip -v feather-0.7.4-usb.zip -d /mnt/usb
caution: not extracting; -d ignored
Archive: feather-0.7.4-usb.zip
Length Method Size Ratio Date Time CRC-32 Name
-------- ------ ------- ----- ---- ---- ------ ----
0 Stored 0 0% 02-27-05 13:15 00000000 KNOPPIX/
85 Stored 85 0% 06-03-04 10:00 21938240 boot.msg
1626 Defl:N 668 59% 06-03-04 10:00 746f7687 f2
256 Stored 256 0% 06-03-04 09:59 4522e8c6 german.kbd
7836 Defl:N 6419 18% 06-04-04 08:43 53291b26 ldlinux.sys
1018412 Defl:N 1008767 1% 12-08-04 18:38 952d5441 linux24
24398 Defl:N 17242 29% 08-22-04 09:55 3f953d20 logo.16
251663 Defl:N 246924 2% 02-13-05 20:07 40541fa2 minirt24.gz
1944 Defl:N 364 81% 01-16-05 09:40 a6f0fa0f syslinux.cfg
122990902 Defl:N 122192534 1% 02-27-05 13:06 a53c3d8c KNOPPIX/KNOPPIX
2048 Defl:N 44 98% 06-03-04 09:59 63f7699f KNOPPIX/boot.cat
-------- ------- --- -------
124299170 123473303 1% 11 files

it seems so simple i don't understand where im going wrong. I don't understand why it is ignoring -d. I appreciate any response. thanks in advance

well i did it without the -v option and it worked but i get this output:

[root@localhost jeff]# unzip feather-0.7.4-usb.zip -d /mnt/usb/
Archive: feather-0.7.4-usb.zip
creating: /mnt/usb/KNOPPIX/
extracting: /mnt/usb/boot.msg
inflating: /mnt/usb/f2
extracting: /mnt/usb/german.kbd
inflating: /mnt/usb/ldlinux.sys
inflating: /mnt/usb/linux24
inflating: /mnt/usb/logo.16
inflating: /mnt/usb/minirt24.gz
inflating: /mnt/usb/syslinux.cfg
checkdir error: cannot create /mnt/usb/KNOPPIX
unable to process KNOPPIX/KNOPPIX.
checkdir error: cannot create /mnt/usb/KNOPPIX
unable to process KNOPPIX/boot.cat.
warning: cannot set modification, access times for /mnt/usb/KNOPPIX/
warning: cannot set permissions for /mnt/usb/KNOPPIX/
warning: set times/attribs failed for /mnt/usb/KNOPPIX/

stuff got extracted to /mnt/usb/ but i assume those warnings will make feather not function correctly. im not sure what they mean tho. does anyone know? thanks for any help in advance.

well i can't seem to get it to work using syslinux. The feather site also says you can try to use the dbian mbr package to put a mbr on the usb drive. Do i need to be using debian to use that package? if so knoppix is debian based could i use that to do it because i don't have dbeina installed. Also is there a way i can check for sure to see if it is bootable? thanks for any help.

ok im trying to install the debian mbr package on my thumbdrive now. i did ./coingure --prefix=/mnt/usb and everything seemed to check out ok. then i did make and i get some error messages:

[root@localhost mbr-1.1.5.orig]# make
Making all in harness
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/jeff/src/mbr-1.1.5.orig/harness'
gcc -DPACKAGE=\"mbr\" -DVERSION=\"1.1.5\" -I. -I. -Wall -Wstrict-prototype s -Wmissing-prototypes -g -c args.c
args.c: In function `args_init':
args.c:57: warning: suggest parentheses around arithmetic in operand of ^
gcc -DPACKAGE=\"mbr\" -DVERSION=\"1.1.5\" -I. -I. -Wall -Wstrict-prototype s -Wmissing-prototypes -g -c bios.c
gcc -DPACKAGE=\"mbr\" -DVERSION=\"1.1.5\" -I. -I. -Wall -Wstrict-prototype s -Wmissing-prototypes -g -c event.c
gcc -DPACKAGE=\"mbr\" -DVERSION=\"1.1.5\" -I. -I. -Wall -Wstrict-prototype s -Wmissing-prototypes -g -c harness.c
gcc -DPACKAGE=\"mbr\" -DVERSION=\"1.1.5\" -I. -I. -Wall -Wstrict-prototype s -Wmissing-prototypes -g -c mbr.c
gcc -DPACKAGE=\"mbr\" -DVERSION=\"1.1.5\" -I. -I. -Wall -Wstrict-prototype s -Wmissing-prototypes -g -c output.c
gcc -DPACKAGE=\"mbr\" -DVERSION=\"1.1.5\" -I. -I. -Wall -Wstrict-prototype s -Wmissing-prototypes -g -c process.c
process.c: In function `process_init':
process.c:25: warning: implicit declaration of function `exit'
gcc -DPACKAGE=\"mbr\" -DVERSION=\"1.1.5\" -I. -I. -Wall -Wstrict-prototype s -Wmissing-prototypes -g -c time.c
gcc -DPACKAGE=\"mbr\" -DVERSION=\"1.1.5\" -I. -I. -Wall -Wstrict-prototype s -Wmissing-prototypes -g -c vm86.c
vm86.c:15: error: syntax error before "vm86"
vm86.c:15: warning: type defaults to `int' in declaration of `_syscall2'
vm86.c:15: warning: function declaration isn't a prototype
vm86.c: In function `vm86_run':
vm86.c:77: warning: implicit declaration of function `vm86'
vm86.c: At top level:
vm86.c:15: warning: `_syscall2' declared `static' but never defined
make[1]: *** [vm86.o] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/jeff/src/mbr-1.1.5.orig/harness'
make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1

can anyone help me make sense of it? I went ahead and did make install and got similar input. checked my thumb drive and the files were still there. the feather website says installing the mbr on the usb would wipe out the drive so im pretty sure it didn't get installed.