>I had exactly  the same problem with the wasabi distribution, and I think
>that when
> I untarred the files with --unlink option it went away. It doesn't seem to
>be documented
>anywhere....it certainly should be.

I have the problem on the installation disks (ie - I don't even get to the
point where I _could_ run tar, if I wanted to).

BTW - I am pretty sure I saw some notes on wasabi that said to use --unlink,
and I was pretty sure that --unlink is under the --help for tar.

--Ken