Re: cpio errors on install: Bad Magic

That's what I think too, but Informix insists that they tested the replacements themselves and were able to do the installs w/o errors. But I've tried the cpio on two different machines w/ a number of different cpio options, and get the same errors - so far w/ 4 CDs. Nick Nobbe wrote: > Cosmo, > The problem is probably with the CD - a bad spot on the disk, ergo > bad magic in the file header. I think that's what it is. > > Yours, > Nick > ********************************* > Nick Nobbe, Library of Congress > NLS/BPH > mail: nnob@loc.gov > ********************************* > > On Mon, 18 Aug 1997, Cosmo Lee wrote: > > } I'm getting cpio errors when trying to install various versions of > } ESQL/C and Online on Unixware 2.1 machines. The error from cpio is: > > } > } UX: cpio: HALT: Bad magic number/header > } > } Informix has sent us multiple copies of the CDs, but the copies > } repeatedly fail, and the failures occur on multiple Unixware > machines. > } Anybody have this kind of experience or know what to do? > } -- * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ADDRESS ALTERED TO FOIL SPAMMERS: Remove "*NO-SPAM*" to reply. Cosmo Lee Multi-User Computer Systems Brooklyn, NY "JUST SAY 'NO' TO SPAM" * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *