Thanks, that did it, looked through help and was no callout for bzip, just gzip, but bunzip did the trick, thanks for the help everybody. Michael Vieths wrote: > > Try > > tar -yxvf linux-2.4.2.tar.bz2 > > Or: > > bunzip2 linux-2.4.2.tar.bz2 && tar -xvf linux-2.4.2.tar.bz2 > > In its current form, it's not a tar file, it's a bzip2 file. > > Michael Vieths > Foeclan at Winternet.Com > > 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? > > _______________________________________________ > > tclug-list mailing list > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list