bzunzip2 file.tar.bz tar -xvf file.tar You dlded teh bzip file, therefore the z option of tar won't work as it's for gzip. --- BT <tobytoo at black-hole.com> wrote: > I'm having trouble with the new kernal. I downloaded > the tarball > linux-2.4.2.tar.bz2 tried to untar it "tar xvvf > /linux-2.4.2.tar.bz2" it > gave me the error " hmmm, doesn't look like a tar > file to me" > Did I dl the wrong tarball for Caldera or what? > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/