From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ian Roxborough To: Wayne Dernoncourt Cc: SourceNav Subject: Re: help on installation Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 09:53:00 -0000 Message-id: <3AAFB017.EA8DD259@redhat.com> References: X-SW-Source: 2001-q1/msg00225.html Wayne Dernoncourt wrote: > After I tried to un-tar it, it failed in the same spot all three > times. The resulting disk usage is 38270, 38Kb? not much space.... ;-) > it looks like I'm > missing around a third of the files (assuming a 1=1 relationship, > doubtful it's exact, but it is probably okay for a measure on how > much is missing). > > For grins and giggles, here is the info on the tar that I suppose > I'm using: > 52620 Jul 16 1997 /usr/sbin/tar > (this is on a Sparc Solaris 2.6 system) You need to run gnu tar, I don't believe Solaris tar works with the sn tarball. Ian.