Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2002 09:32:51 -0600 From: Ted Spradley <tsprad@spradley.org> To: joshua lokken <joshualokken@attbi.com> Cc: <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Fwd: untar dir of binaries for X Message-ID: <20020316093251.2e7b8293.tsprad@spradley.org> In-Reply-To: <5ZIDHD4WFD4XTR8QLRMDC0JGPOWR7.3c94165c@jolok> References: <5ZIDHD4WFD4XTR8QLRMDC0JGPOWR7.3c94165c@jolok>
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On Sat, 16 Mar 2002 20:06:52 -0800
joshua lokken <joshualokken@attbi.com> wrote:
> I downloaded the binaries for XFree86-4.2.0. I have them in
> /root/tmp. How do I untar this thing? I keep getting
> "/dev/sa0: device not configured.
If you don't specify an input file, tar defaults to a tape drive ("tar"
== "Tape ARchive"). /dev/sa0 is the first SCSI tape drive. Use the "f"
option to specify the input file, e.g., "tar xf FreeBSD-4.x.tar".
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