The kernel you downloaded has been compressed with bzip2 (from the .bz2 extention at the end of the file). You might have bunzip2 installed on you system already, and if you do, you can decompress the file first: bunzip2 linux-2.4.2.tar.bz2 then untar the file it creates: tar xvvf linux-2.4.2.tar Be careful where you unzip/untar things though, you might get a nasty surprise (overwrite something you wanted to keep, fill up a file system, ...). Good luck, Troy >>> tobytoo at black-hole.com 02/28/01 12:00PM >>> 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