Solaris

I have a solaris box with no internet connection. I downloaded a .tar file to my XP box, burned it to CD and copied the file to a directory on the solaris box. When I try to untar it, i get a directory checksum error. I don't know enough about unix to figure this out. Can someone please help me?

The file name is october2010.tar.tar on my xp box, but it's u_u_0001.tar when i copy it to the solaris box.

Please advise. Thank you!

Try using an USB thumbdrive instead of recording a CD.

Hi
A check sum error basically means that the file failed an integrity check. You do this to make sure that the was not tampered with. october2010.tar.tar is not a normal name for a tar file. I guessing that windows added the last .tar.

It is better to download the file from Solaris. Also if there are dependeces then you will be going back and forth with that CD a lot. Just connect the box to the internet if you can.

If you use a USB stick or hard drive like jlliagre says make sure it is not formatted in NTFS. Solaris may not be able to read it, if it is in a NTFS. But you should be fine.

I hope this helps.