Try tar -xzvvf instead. It is a compressed tar file, so you need to
make sure you add the z switch.
- Jme
On Wed, 28 Feb 2001, BT wrote:
> I'm having trouble with the new kernal. I downloaded the tarball
> linux-2.4.2.tar.bz2 tried to untar it "tar xvvf /linux-2.4.2.tar.bz2" it
> gave me the error " hmmm, doesn't look like a tar file to me"
> Did I dl the wrong tarball for Caldera or what?
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