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#2301
When I try to extract the new rootfs it gives me this error... tar: invalid tar magic.
 
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#2302
Originally Posted by *Sonic* View Post
So now all I need to do is the bit for getting the fixed tar ?

I have it all up and running finally this evening, I should have waited an hour or so lol

Big thanks for all the work you guys are doing though
Mount your memory stick
delete whats inside /and
and extract the new rootfs in /and

dont need to do much else just to update this
 
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Originally Posted by Heman1310 View Post
When I try to extract the new rootfs it gives me this error... tar: invalid tar magic.
Code:
apt-get install bzip2 tar
should fix it i think
 
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#2304
Originally Posted by Siggen View Post
Code:
apt-get install bzip2 tar
should fix it i think
Nope. That doesn't fix the problem...
 
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#2305
Originally Posted by Heman1310 View Post
When I try to extract the new rootfs it gives me this error... tar: invalid tar magic.
for me too...

I am trying to

bunzip2

that archive right now ... it is doing something

Last edited by meShell; 2010-07-07 at 22:58.
 
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#2306
try redownloading the file
 
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#2307
Originally Posted by Siggen View Post
try redownloading the file
I did. Seems like its broken.
 
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#2308
Im getting the same invalid tar magic too
 
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#2309
OK solution is:

rename the file to .tar.bz2

then

bunzip2 the file before using the tar-command
 
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#2310
ok post updated again, had wrong filename
 

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