On Mon, 14 Apr 2008 09:34:02 -0700 (PDT), Dnix <denn.el@gmail.com>
wrote:

>On Apr 14, 6:05 pm, Scott McMillan <smcmil...@twmi.rr.com> wrote:
>> On Mon, 14 Apr 2008 06:39:09 -0700 (PDT), Dnix <denn...@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 fromhttp://www.sco.com/support/ftplists/osr5list.htmland had no issue
>> with it. It is indeed a cpio archive.
>>
>> From where (and using what method) are you downloading it?
>>
>> Scott McMillan
>
>downloaded using ftp to ftp.sco.com

You'll have to be a bit more specific - I just downloaded
ftp.sco.com//pub/openserver5/oss660a with WS-FTP via Windows XP and it
is indeed a cpio archive.


Scott McMillan