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Posted: Jan. 30 2006,21:57 QUOTE

only reason I think it's DSL is because I tried the exact same file on another system with no prob.
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Posted: Jan. 31 2006,17:33 QUOTE

Maybe the base DSL iso does not contain GNU gzip/gunzip and instead contains Busybox versions?

Does trying the "Upgrade to GNU utils" function on the menu help?
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Posted: Jan. 31 2006,19:28 QUOTE

"The exact same" or the original copy of that "exact same"?

Nevermind, the important fact is that there are a thousand of reasons that could explain such "strange" behavior that don't involves DSL, be it corrupted RAM, bad hard disk sectors in the target system (my bet) or whatever. You have to find, because no one besides you have that problem (as said).

If after checking all the things that could go wrong besides DSL you *finally* found there is no other explanation than DSL behaving weirdly on your hardware, file a bug report with a detailed description of your hardware.
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Posted: Feb. 17 2006,17:31 QUOTE

Just work around it by typing:

gunzip filename.tar.gz

Then

tar -xf filename.tar

That will unpack your files. :)
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Posted: Feb. 18 2006,00:09 QUOTE

Quote (ngmlinux @ Jan. 29 2006,11:23)
I don't think the option order matters...

Then why don't you just try it?  Honestly, what in the hell could it possibly hurt to try it the way Roberts suggested it?  You never know, it might actually ing work!

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