On Apr 14, 7:00 pm, Dnix <denn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Apr 14, 6:53 pm, Scott McMillan <smcmil...@twmi.rr.com> wrote:
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> > On Mon, 14 Apr 2008 09:34:02 -0700 (PDT), Dnix <denn...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
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> > >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:
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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.htmlandhadno 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
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> > 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.
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> > Scott McMillan
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> actually I downloaded by ftp using a windows ftp program , ftp
> transfer mode was set to auto , and when that did not seem to work I
> set ftp transfer mode to binary , I passed the files to the unix box
> using the sco vision

actually this is the difference
Comparing: [ 1 ] to [ 2 ]
[ 1 ] N:\oss660a
[ 2 ] N:\oss660a2
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1 * 660AFLOPPY/1.0.0/SSO_1_LABEL/000
*
07070700000000000010064400000000000300000100000007 72556016500007100000000501opt/
Distribution/SCO/OSS660AFLOPPY/1.0.0/SSO_1_LABEL/000