Try renamimg the .tar file to a .tar.gz file and then run tar -zxf <filename> If you got this via windows, sometimes the last extension gets lost. Kevin --- http://nts.ml.org FAQ: http://www.ps.uci.edu/~tomba/inspiron/ http://nts.ml.org/inspiron/ List Archives: http://nts.ml.org/inspiron/maillist.html To unsubscribe send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List administrator: [EMAIL PROTECTED]