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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!cbnewsm!cbnewsl!att-out!pacbell.com!decwrl!pa.dec.com!nntpd2.cxo.dec.com!nntpd.lkg.dec.com!joust1.dsg.dec.com!mishra From: mishra@joust1.dsg.dec.com (Alok Kumar Mishra) Subject: X386/*/386BSD.X386-1.2E.bin.tar.Z-* cannot unpack Message-ID: <1992Sep11.211034@joust1.dsg.dec.com> Sender: usenet@nntpd.lkg.dec.com (USENET News System) Reply-To: mishra@joust1.dsg.dec.com (Alok Kumar Mishra) Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 01:10:34 GMT Lines: 30 I copied these files using ftp with image/binary option and when I tried cat /mnt/386BSD.X386* | uncompress | tar -xf - I got stdin: not in compressed format then I tried cat /mnt/386BSD.X386* | tar -xf - I got cat: /mnt/386BSD.X386-1.2E.bin.tar: Input/output error tar: Skipping to next file header... Please tell me what I am doing wrong, also /pub/incoming/ I cannot read ( this is because incoming directory do not have read permission ) Please tell me what are the files I should be looking for ,I want entire X11R5 distribution. Thanks Alok Kumar