Please,

Follow my previous mail before you go off wasting time. 
As for serial port transfers, you could get a copy of kermit, a null
modem cable, and kermit them over.

After kermit, unpack them as follows:

	1) create a file called upack that contains:

	#!/bin/sh
	dest_dir=/
	PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:
	cat "$1"* | gunzip | (cd $dest_dir ; tar  --unlink -xpvf - )

	2) Make it executable. chmod a+x upack

	3) cd to the directory that contains the files.

	4) run /pathtoupack/upack dest11 for example.


erik