Untarring linux-2.6.29.4.tar.bz2

johnmtb · 05-29-2009, 09:34 AM

All,

i downloaded linux-2.6.29.4.tar.bz2, and tried to unzip and untar the bundle, but about halfway through it began spewing out messagers about no such file or folder. and then, finally ended with an error.

has anyone else had this problem? does anyone have a solution? i am a Slackware user, and have been now since the early 90s.

regards,

john

MensaWater · 05-29-2009, 09:37 AM

How exactly did you try to "unzip"? You know that bz2 is not the same as gz? Also you shouldn't have to unzip then untar. You can extract tar from bzip and gzip with options to tar:

tar tzvf file.tar - Will unzip gzipped file (.gz suffix) and display.
tar tjvf file.tar - Will unzip bzipped file (.bz2 suffix) and display.

To extract just replace the t with x.

johnmtb · 05-29-2009, 11:00 AM

jlightner,

i do it in the normal way, i think, as i have been doing it this way for some time now:

bzip2 -dc linux-2.6.29.4.tar.bz2|tar xvf -

and it starts, and continues to unzip and untar correctly until it gets about halfway or more through the bundle.

regards,

john

i92guboj · 05-29-2009, 11:11 AM

And the error is?

Just for the record, actual gnu tar can do the same with just

Code:

tar xf filename

It can guess the right compression algorithm.

MensaWater · 05-29-2009, 12:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by johnmtb

jlightner,

i do it in the normal way, i think, as i have been doing it this way for some time now:

bzip2 -dc linux-2.6.29.4.tar.bz2|tar xvf -

and it starts, and continues to unzip and untar correctly until it gets about halfway or more through the bundle.

regards,

john

Can't say that shouldn't work but why do all that typing?

Try the tar xf the prior poster suggested and if that doesn't work try the method I suggested.

Also prior poster says GNU tar which is a good point. Since you put this in a Linux forum I'm assuming you're doing this on Linux. Commercial UNIX such as HP-UX and Solaris don't necessarily include the ability of the GNU tar. If the uncompressed file is larger than 2GB you could run up against a limitation of the non GNU tar.

johnmtb · 05-31-2009, 02:41 AM

Dear All,

i tried both methods with exactly the same results. it unpacks about half and then starts reporting "Cannot open: No such file or directory"

and, yes, i am using a Slackware distibution of Linux, on my personal laptop, which is currently up to linux-2.6.28.

regards,

john

vonbiber · 05-31-2009, 06:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by johnmtb

All,

i downloaded linux-2.6.29.4.tar.bz2, and tried to unzip and untar the bundle, but about halfway through it began spewing out messagers about no such file or folder. and then, finally ended with an error.

has anyone else had this problem? does anyone have a solution? i am a Slackware user, and have been now since the early 90s.

regards,

john

I assume you have a fairly recent slackware

1. first, are you sure your archive is not corrupted?
2. to unpack a tar.bz2 I always do as shown below
let's suppose, the archive is in your home directory
I prefer to unpack the kernel archive in /usr/src:
# cd /usr/src
# tar jxf $HOME/linux-2.6.29.4.tar.bz2

(if you want it to be verbose, replace 'jxf' by 'jxvf')
if everything went ok you should see the contents of the
archive in /usr/src/linux-2.6.29.4

johnmtb · 06-01-2009, 12:25 AM

vonbiber,

i am using Slackware 12.0,and i have unpacked the tarballs without this problem for many years.

as i said above, the unpacking starts, and continues, for some time; i always use the verbose method and can watch the progress until it gets about halfway through, and then all remaining lines state the same error.

regards,

john

AlucardZero · 06-01-2009, 07:09 AM

Are you out of disk space?

i92guboj · 06-01-2009, 07:43 AM

Or maybe i-nodes? (check df and df -i).

vonbiber · 06-02-2009, 01:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by johnmtb

vonbiber,

i am using Slackware 12.0,and i have unpacked the tarballs without this problem for many years.

as i said above, the unpacking starts, and continues, for some time; i always use the verbose method and can watch the progress until it gets about halfway through, and then all remaining lines state the same error.

regards,

john

then

tar jxvf $HOME/linux-2.6.29.4.tar.bz2

should work

unless, as the other posts suggested, you're out of space (or inodes).
what does
df -h /

display?

johnmtb · 06-02-2009, 04:59 AM

All,

that is the answer! i am out of space. i allocated 5.5 gigabytes, and all that is remaining is 21 megabytes. i will have to add another 5 gigabytes.

thank you all.

regards,

john