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Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 23:10:37 -0500
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From: funkycolmedina <dustpan@earthlink.net>
Subject: tar/tgz
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Hello again,

I mounted my A drive where I got my downloaded latest driver from the ftp
to get X running, and this is my delimna.

in my /mnt directory I copied the file to where I needed it:

file was        x3323s~1.tgz
typed           gunzip x3323s~1.tgz
got             x3323s~1.tar    (??)
typed           tar -x x3323s~1.tar
got             tar: can't open /dev/rst0 : Device not configured

I know that the device is not in my kernel, but why is it necessary to have
  "Fisrt SCSE tape drive, rewind on close mode" configured.  Isnt tar just
a compression?  Am I misunderstanding the deal behind this problem.

Thanks for any help.

Neillrr4

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