ok got the extraction to debroot ok.
now at this step
# chown -R root:root etc getting no such file or directory errors, why?
# chown -R root:root var<---same issue as above
# chown -R root:root home <--seems good no errors
# mkdir -p mnt/card<--seems good no errors
# mkdir -p mnt/cf<--seems good no errors
# cp /etc/hosts etc<--seems good no errors
# cp /etc/resolv.conf etc<--seems good no errors
also vi startd, gives a garbage() error, how do I correct this?