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From: "Daniel O'Callaghan" <danny@panda.hilink.com.au>
To: Rick Osteen <rosteen@1eagle1.com>
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On Tue, 24 Jun 1997, Rick Osteen wrote:

> In trying to extract/install a Radius Daemon, I get the following tar error:
> 
> # tar -x radius_2.0.1_BSDOS_2.0.tar
> tar: can't open /dev/rst0 : Device not configured
> #

You need to specify the file to read.  

'tar -x' is equivalent to 'tar -x -f /dev/rst0'
You want 'tar -xf radius.tar'

See man tar.