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