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Re: TAR will not work on my Linux box
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Thomaz de Carvalho Koberle)
Tue May 28 12:39:12 1996
Date: Tue, 28 May 1996 09:02:29 +0000 ()
From: Thomaz de Carvalho Koberle <tom@rapper.ifqsc.sc.usp.br>
To: "Brian P. Clifford" <bclifford@fhu.edu>
cc: bclifford <bclifford@fhu.edu>, linux-config@vger.rutgers.edu,
linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.PMDF.3.91.960527181457.6847A-100000@FHU.EDU>
On Mon, 27 May 1996, Brian P. Clifford wrote:
> I am trying to upgrade my Linux server from Pine 3.91 to 3.93. When I
> try:
> tar -x pine3.93.tar
>
> I get the following error:
> tar: can't open /dev/nftape : No such device
>
> When I look in /dev the file nftape@ is present.
>
> Any advice?
>
> TIA,
> Brian
You're trying to untar a file from a tape archive ans you
probably don't have one. Try this:
tar xvf pine3.93.tar
Hope it helps
Tom Koberle
Networking Group - Instituto de Fisica de Sao Carlos
Universidade de Sao Paulo
Sao Carlos, SP
Brasil
