Running Solaris.bin after changing the tail like as Douglas Palmer  
suggests get me:

> <script stuff>
> tar: directory checksum error
> <script stuff>
> 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.

Thanks for the continued help!

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On Dec 1, 2006, at 10:10 AM, Douglas Palmer wrote:

> Long about 09:36 AM 12/01/2006, mjn sent the following:
>
>> I tried removing the '-n' from the tail at the top of the script but
>> running it still yields errors about missing distribution files.
>
> Make it read like this:
>
> tail +1137 $0 | tar xf -
>
> -- DCP