Re: [sentinix-list] Install error

Scott Beverly <[email protected]> Thu, 29 Apr 2004 22:06:31 -0600 (MDT)

Newsgroups	gmane.linux.sentinix
Message-ID	<Pine.LNX.4.44.0404292205400.15866-100000@mayorga.andrushcourt.com>

Ok, trying again, I first replied with the wrong email account.  I hope 
this one gets through and helps you.

Looks to me like you are trying to untar a compressed tar-ball without
decompression.

Try using -z on your tar command:  e.g tar -zxvf sentinix.tgz


Scott...


On Thu, 29 Apr 2004, Tom Jones wrote:

> I keep getting this error message when i try to install
> 
> tar: Bad tar header, skipping
> tar: Bad tar header, skipping
> tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
> 
> Error - untar of /cdrom/sentinix.tgz failed !
> Inspect the message (if any) above and expedite !
> 
> Is it a bad download or copy?
> 
> 
> Tom Jones
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