On Mon, 14 Apr 2008 06:39:09 -0700 (PDT), Dnix <denn.el@gmail.com>
wrote:

>On Apr 14, 3:34 pm, foolsrushout <6...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> Dnix wrote:
>> > Can anyone confirm if oss660a getty supplement for SCO 5.0.6 is
>> > valid , I have downloaded about 5 times renamed it to VOL.000.000 and
>> > each time I install , it says its not a valid archive
>>
>> > many thanks all
>>
>> Have you tried reading it with vi?
>
>sure it also contains a lot of non-printable chars and file * says
>ascii.txt not cpio.archive

I just downloaded it from
http://www.sco.com/support/ftplists/osr5list.html and had no issue
with it. It is indeed a cpio archive.

From where (and using what method) are you downloading it?


Scott McMillan