At 08:19 -0600 on 12/19/97, Aaron Walker wrote:
> I am trying to unpack the newest kernel source in /usr/src. It goes > along fine until it stops and says: > > tar: Skipping to next header file > > gzip: linux-2.0.33.tgz: invalid compressed data---crc error > tar: Archive - EOF not on block boundary > > I used the following commands to try to uncompress the kernel source: > gzip -dc linux-2.0.33.tgz | tar xvB > tar xpvf linux-2.0.33.tgz > They both produced the same error. > Any ideas? Please help. > Thanks. The message from gzip makes me think the file was not downloaded as a "binary" file but as a text file. I would suggest trying the download again and explicitly specify the "binary" option. Butch Butch Butch Kemper | Free sound advice available Kemper & Associates Consulting Group | "95% sound and 5% advice" 409-361-2324 | Refunds cheerfully provided -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
