Re: cpio errors on install: Bad Magic - Again

Posted in 1997

Dave Otto — Fri, 19 Dec 1997 13:20:32 -0800 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

On several occasions, Informix has shipped media w/the wrong instructions. Try accessing it as 1) a tar file, 2) a "package" file. -d Mladen Jovanovski wrote in message <67d8ig$3t7@cssun.mathcs.emory.edu>... > > >Hi Family, > >> 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?