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.


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_______________________________________________
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
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> 513-325-7572 Cell
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> 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-----
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>> [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