On Apr 14, 6:34 pm, Dnix <denn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Apr 14, 6:05 pm, Scott McMillan <smcmil...@twmi.rr.com> wrote:
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> > On Mon, 14 Apr 2008 06:39:09 -0700 (PDT), Dnix <denn...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
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> > >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
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> > >> > many thanks all
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> > >> Have you tried reading it with vi?
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> > >sure it also contains a lot of non-printable chars and file * says
> > >ascii.txt not cpio.archive
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> > I just downloaded it fromhttp://www.sco.com/support/ftplists/osr5list.htmlandhad no issue
> > with it. It is indeed a cpio archive.
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> > From where (and using what method) are you downloading it?
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> > Scott McMillan
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> downloaded using ftp to ftp.sco.com

funny , I just downloaded using htpp and there is indeed a difference
in the file header to the ftp version, I try and install at work
tommorow