woodward@uicbert.eecs.uic.edu (05/05/90)
after ftp'ing the first distribution tape successfully from one of the "official" midwestern distribution centers, and uncompressing & tar'ing it successfully, ( onto an at&t 6386E running SVR3.2.0 ), i reached out and ftp'd the 2nd distribution tape. however, during the extraction process on the second tape, the process failed with the following message: tar: contrib/clients/mlx/Csong24.bdf: HELP - extract write error thinking that there was a space problem, i removed LOTS of stuff from the machine and tried it again. the process bombed in the same place. finally, i tried ftp'ing the whole set of tape files from another site, thinking perhaps that the archive or ftp transfer had produced corrupted files - then tried the extraction process again. it bombs again, in the same place with the same error. i'm stumped, guys. anybody got an ideas on this one? jpw