Re: Linux Oracle CPIO extraction problem (LINUX)

twu_at_workmail.com (Tianhua Wu) spray-painted on the wall <b9939609.0208281442.14175_at_posting.google.com>:

>try
>zcat lnx_920_disk1.cpio.gz | cpio -idmv
>...
>
>
>"Michael Williams" <nospam_at_nospam.com> wrote in message
>news:<gX3a9.2117$bX2.56475_at_newsfep1-win.server.ntli.net>...
>> Hello there!
>>
>> I'm trying to convince our company that they should invest in Oracle
>> and put our ageing in-house database to rest.
>>
>> I've downloaded Oracle9i on Linux via a development license on OTN,
>> disk2 and disk3 extract fine, but I'm having real problems with Disk1.
>> I've downloaded it 5 times now with variable results each and every
>> time, sometimes gunzip reports it's not a valid archive, but works
>> with winzip, sometimes gunzip is happy, but each time, CPIO just sits
>> there when extracting doing zip. I've left it running for hours and
>> it's not created a file, not even complained!
>>
>> Anyone got any ideas or seen this before?
>>
>> Mike
>

If your browser is like mine, it kept the '.gz' extension, but the file is not 'gzipped'. Try running the cpio command directly on the file, as in "cpio -dmv <lnx_920_disk1.cpio.gz'.

HTH Received on Sat Sep 07 2002 - 22:26:07 CDT