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Re: TAR will not work on my Linux box

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Hermelito Go)
Tue May 28 22:59:56 1996

Date: 	Wed, 29 May 1996 08:36:53 -0800 (GMT+8)
From: Hermelito Go <lito@calitan.msuiit.edu.ph>
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

it should be:   tar -xf 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
> 
> ****************************************************************************
> *                             Brian P. Clifford                            *
> *        Instructor in Computer Information Systems and in Business        *
> *                         Freed-Hardeman University                        *
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> 

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