Elizabeth, you might want to check this site out if you still have access to
the web. I to am a newbie to linux and am currently printing out all of the
documentation that I can find on Mandrakes site. I found this while looking
around.
http://www.mandrakeuser.org/kernel/kupgrade2.html#RPM
-----Original Message-----
From: Elizabeth Dolan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2000 2:27 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [newbie] Fw: problems with installing new
kernel-2.2.13-22mdk.i586.rpm
hi i need some help i downloaded kernel-2.2.13-22mdk.i586.rpm went
into the rpm manager found the file then went install it gets to
about
half way then a error message comes up its says
"unpacking of archive failed: cpio: bad magic"
does anyone know how to fix this or what does it mean?
michael
ICQ 15092793