Re: cpio errors on install: Bad Magic

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" } * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * } } }