Re: problem untaring oracle 8i file

From: Andy <enzoweb_at_hotmail.com>
Date: 13 May 2002 05:03:15 -0700
Message-ID: <8d4033cd.0205130403.795772b3@posting.google.com>

I have downloaded this file 3 times, and every time I've got an error:

tar tvf linux81701.tar

.loads of files
.
.loads of files

tar: /cdrom/linux81701.tar: Cannot read: Input/Output error

I think there is a problem with this file.

Manuela Mueller <520040906697-0001_at_t-online.de> wrote in message news:<3CD9902D.55FD9E2A_at_t-online.de>...
> Jose Santana wrote:
> >
> > I'm having a problem installing Oracle 8i in my Red Hat 7.2 box. I
> > downloaded the file linux81701.tar and I try untaring with: tar xvf
> > linux81701.tar
> > The extraction goes fine for a little while and then it stops. The
> > following is the last line shown on the screen and the error messages:
> > :
> > Disk1/stage/Components/oracle.rdbms.seeddb/8.1.7.0.0/1/DataFiles/Expanded/se
> > ed/system01.dbf.jar
> > ?r-xr-xr-x 47202/502 6277054 2001-01-16 18:14:13 unknown file type ` '
> > tar: Skipping to next header
> > tar: Unexpected EOF in archive
> > tar: Error is not recoverable. Exiting now
> >
> > I try re-downloading the file from oracle.com just to make sure it hadn't
> > gotten corrupted, but the result was still the same. Can anyone see what
> > the problem might be?
> > Your help is appreciated
>
> Hello Jose,
> you didn't need windoze to check integrity of the tar archive. Just
> issue
> tar tvf your_file.tar. Option -t or --list lists all files in the
> archive without extracting it.
> Try man tar to read more about the program.
> Most possible you archive is corrupt.
>
> HTH
> manuela Mueller
Received on Mon May 13 2002 - 07:03:15 CDT