Re: Cannot decompress downloaded Oracle 9i files

"A.Liggins" wrote:
>
> You probably better off putting them straight to CD first and then doing the
> extract from Unix (should fit on 2).
>
> You can then use gzip -d to extract the cpio files directly on your Linux
> box.
>
> "Dino Hsu" <dino1_at_ms1.hinet.net> wrote in message
> news:1r9mitk9c44g1iha5o8frrhbuam9m0tht1_at_4ax.com...
> > Dear all,
> >
> > I just downloaded from otn.oracle.com the following 9i for Linux
> > files:
> > Linux_9idisk1.cpio.gz
> > Linux_9idisk2.cpio.gz
> > Linux_9idisk3.cpio.gz
> >
> > I want to make CD's from them, but my Winzip 8.0 (in Windows ME)
> > doesn't seem to recognize them as gzip files. Can anyone tell me how?
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Dino
> >

before burning the cd's, check the size of the files first -rw-r--r-- 1 ghp ghp 412092424 Jun 13 21:06 Linux9i_Disk1.cpio.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 ghp ghp 638547208 Jun 13 21:12 Linux9i_Disk2.cpio.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 ghp ghp 82956567 Jun 13 21:13 Linux9i_Disk3.cpio.gz

WinZip should be able to read a gzip'ed file, if the size is wrong, then probably the linefeeds in the files have been replaced by CR/LF, happens in the best of Windoze families.

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Gerard H. Pille