Re: source tree on 2.9 cd

[Quang Tran <quang_m_tran@yahoo.com>]

Jay,

This has come up again and again....instruction
error:)
src.tar.gz is a compressed tarball.  You'll need to
add a "z" to your tar switches:
    'tar xvzf /mnt/src.tar.gz'

Good Luck,
Quang

--- Jay Moore <jaymo@hiwaay.net> wrote:
> After upgrading my system to 2.9, I tried copying
> the source tree iaw 
> the instructions, i.e. 
> 	cd /usr/src
> 	tar xvf /mnt/src.tar.gz
> 
> I get a message that says:
> "tar: Cannot identify format. Searching..." 
> 
> followed by a bunch of error msgs like 
> "tar:Cpio file name length xxxx is out of range",
> and 
> "tar:Cpio file name in header is corrupted"
> 
> Anyone know what this is all about?
> 
> Thanks,
> Jay Moore
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