Re: cpio errors on install: Bad Magic

In article <33FE728F.1A1084DC@echonyc.com>, Cosmo Lee <*NO- SPAM*cosmo@echonyc.com> writes >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? >> } > >- The instrutions are wrong! Do not do cpio -icVBum < <device name> this only works with tapes which do not have a filesystem on them. Instead mount the CD-ROM as another filesystem (E.g. /cdrom), then do ls /cdrom and you will probably find a big file on there (E.g. /cdrom/online7.2) Do cpio -icVBum < /cdrom/online7.2 or whatever the file is called.... The installation instructions need updating now that Informix are sending out CD-ROM rather then just tapes and floppies (Yes I have seen and installed Informix from floppy)!. >- >* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * >ADDRESS ALTERED TO FOIL SPAMMERS: Remove "*NO-SPAM*" to reply. > >Cosmo Lee Multi-User Computer Systems Brooklyn, NY > > "JUST SAY 'NO' TO SPAM" >* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > > -- David Williams