>   There are a couple of distribution split sets I didn't get to fit onto
> floppy during the installation of NetBSD and now I'm trying to reassemble
> them. I have used the command "cat set_name.xx | gunzip | (cd /; tar xpf - )
> where set_name = the distribution set I'm trying to install, but when I try
> this command, I get the following complaints (or something along these lines;
> I'm on a different computer at the moment):

If the sets have been split, they will only make sense to gzip or tar if you
feed them in as a whole.  Something like :

  cat set_name.?? | ( cd / && tar xpzf - )

(or some variation) so that you pass all the data to the relevant command.
Otherwise, it will give up at the end of the first set, expecting more data.

J

PS.  If you could trim your lines at < 80 columns, that would be nice.
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