[newbie] Problems getting bzip2 to work......

2002-11-28 Thread Ronnie Boyd
Hello there. I am a long term Windows user/tech support person who has recently installed Mandrake Linux, partly out of curiosity, partly because I feel it's the coming thing. I managed to install it, get it on our training LAN, mount drives and what not without any bother, but I've run into a

Re: [newbie] Problems getting bzip2 to work......

2002-11-28 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Ronnie Boyd wrote: Hello there. I am a long term Windows user/tech support person who has recently installed Mandrake Linux, partly out of curiosity, partly because I feel it's the coming thing. I managed to install it, get it on our training LAN, mount drives and what not without any bother,

Re: [newbie] Problems getting bzip2 to work......

2002-11-28 Thread Michael Viron
The page details how to uncompress the files if they are in .tar.gz format -- going through the options for tar: x - extract z - unzip (via gzip / gunzip) v - verbose f - use file following this flag To unbzip2 a compressed file, you'll have to do: x - extract j - unbzip2 (for newer, 8.0 and

RE: [newbie] Problems getting bzip2 to work......

2002-11-28 Thread Kesav Tadimeti
Hi Ronnie, Your problem (I gather) is fairly simple. Just re-read your mail with my comments. Hope this helps... Tadimeti Kesav KEANE INDIA Ltd. E9 - E12, SDF NEPZ NOIDA - 201 305 U.P, INDIA Telefon: +91-120-456 8210 (211) e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I found a web page detailing what must be done

Re: [newbie] Problems getting bzip2 to work......

2002-11-28 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Alan Shoemaker wrote: Ronnie Boyd wrote: Hello there. I am a long term Windows user/tech support person who has recently installed Mandrake Linux, partly out of curiosity, partly because I feel it's the coming thing. I managed to install it, get it on our training LAN, mount drives and

Re: [newbie] Problems getting bzip2 to work......

2002-11-28 Thread Ronnie Boyd
] Problems getting bzip2 to work.. The page details how to uncompress the files if they are in .tar.gz format -- going through the options for tar: x - extract z - unzip (via gzip / gunzip) v - verbose f - use file following this flag To unbzip2 a compressed file, you'll have to do: x

Re: [newbie] Problems getting bzip2 to work......

2002-11-28 Thread Michael Viron
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Re: [newbie] Problems getting bzip2 to work......

2002-11-28 Thread Dennis Myers
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Re: [newbie] Problems getting bzip2 to work......

2002-11-28 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Alan Shoemaker wrote: Alan Shoemaker wrote: Ronnie Boyd wrote: Hello there. I am a long term Windows user/tech support person who has recently installed Mandrake Linux, partly out of curiosity, partly because I feel it's the coming thing. I managed to install it, get it on our