You need to go back to the download and grab the missing files that go with this bin file. John Hiler 513-229-1131 Work 513-325-7572 Cell -----Original Message----- From: LISTSERV site administrators' forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of mjn Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 11:10 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Problems with the current Solaris download? My apologies. The result from running Solaris.bin after chmod'ing the file to 700 was: > ... > We need to unpack the distribution files in this directory. Proceed? > -n [y/n] > y > *.tar.Z > *.tar.Z: No such file or directory > *.tar > tar: *.tar: No such file or directory > > Sorry, you are missing some of the distribution files. > Please make sure common.tar.Z and the correct architecture-specific > package are both in this directory and try again. -- _______________________________________________ Mike Neuharth, BA, LPIC-1 Email/UNIX System Administrator Internet Services, University of Minnesota =============================================== "What is important, it seems to me, is not so much to defend a culture whose existence has never kept a man from going hungry, as to extract, from what is called culture, ideas whose compelling force is identical with that of hunger." -Antonin Artaud On Dec 1, 2006, at 10:05 AM, Hiler, John wrote: > You executed the command Solaris.bin and it gave a checksum error? > > John Hiler > 513-229-1131 Work > 513-325-7572 Cell > > -----Original Message----- > From: LISTSERV site administrators' forum > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of mjn > Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 11:01 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Problems with the current Solaris download? > > The result is the same with Solaris.bin chmod'ed to 700. > -- > _______________________________________________ > Mike Neuharth, BA, LPIC-1 > Email/UNIX System Administrator > Internet Services, University of Minnesota > =============================================== > "What is important, it seems to me, is not so much to defend a culture > whose existence has never kept a man from going hungry, as to extract, > from what is called culture, ideas whose compelling force is identical > with that of hunger." -Antonin Artaud > > > On Dec 1, 2006, at 9:52 AM, Hiler, John wrote: > >> Then this is not a tar file. What happens when you chmod 700 on the >> file >> and then execute the file? >> >> John Hiler >> 513-229-1131 Work >> 513-325-7572 Cell >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: LISTSERV site administrators' forum >> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of mjn >> Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 10:24 AM >> To: [log in to unmask] >> Subject: Re: Problems with the current Solaris download? >> >> Here is what I get: >> >>>> tar tvf Solaris.bin >>> tar: directory checksum error >> >> -- >> _______________________________________________ >> Mike Neuharth, BA, LPIC-1 >> Email/UNIX System Administrator >> Internet Services, University of Minnesota >> =============================================== >> "What is important, it seems to me, is not so much to defend a >> culture >> whose existence has never kept a man from going hungry, as to >> extract, >> from what is called culture, ideas whose compelling force is >> identical >> with that of hunger." -Antonin Artaud >> >> >> On Dec 1, 2006, at 9:15 AM, Hiler, John wrote: >> >>> What happens if you uncompress Solaris.bin.Z. That gives you >>> Solaris.bin. >>> Can you tar tvf Solaris.bin ????? >>> >>> John Hiler >>> 513-229-1131 Work >>> 513-325-7572 Cell >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: LISTSERV site administrators' forum >>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of mjn >>> Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 9:36 AM >>> To: [log in to unmask] >>> Subject: Problems with the current Solaris download? >>> >>> I've downloaded the latest Solaris "tar" (Solaris.bin.Z) from the L- >>> Soft site this morning and it seems to not work as intended. >>> >>> After uncompressing it, chmod'ing u+x and running Solaris.bin, I see >>> this: >>> >>>> <normal output from the script> >>>> usage: tail [+/-[n][lbc][f]] [file] >>>> tail [+/-[n][l][r|f]] [file] >>>> tar: blocksize = 0 >>>> <more script text> >>>> We need to unpack the distribution files in this directory. >>>> Proceed? >>>> -n [y/n] >>>> y >>>> *.tar.Z >>>> *.tar.Z: No such file or directory >>>> *.tar >>>> tar: *.tar: No such file or directory >>>> >>>> Sorry, you are missing some of the distribution files. >>>> Please make sure common.tar.Z and the correct architecture-specific >>>> package are both in this directory and try again. >>>> >>> >>> I tried removing the '-n' from the tail at the top of the script but >>> running it still yields errors about missing distribution files. >>> >>> Any ideas? Thanks much! >>> >>> -- >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mike Neuharth, BA, LPIC-1 >>> Email/UNIX System Administrator >>> Internet Services, University of Minnesota >>> =============================================== >>> "What is important, it seems to me, is not so much to defend a >>> culture >>> whose existence has never kept a man from going hungry, as to >>> extract, >>> from what is called culture, ideas whose compelling force is >>> identical >>> with that of hunger." -Antonin Artaud