http://www.lsoft.com/download/listserv_unix_alt.asp Go to this link and download the Insatll guide and Common Files for All UNIX. 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