Jan, Rene,

	I believe that we have a bad CD-ROM media.
	Please either confirm it or offer other explanations.

Thanks,
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Robin
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"Academia politics is the most vicious precisely because the stake is  
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> From: Robin <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: April 19, 2006 4:51:38 PM EDT
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Abaqus CD
> Reply-To: Research Computing Support <[log in to unmask]>,  
> Robin <[log in to unmask]>
>
> All,
>
> 	I believe that we've got a defective CDROM for Abaqus. We are on  
> the platform:	RedHat Linux AS 3 64-bit.
> 	I tried several times on difference machines.  We used the Linux  
> x86-64 CD and that sysinfo.tar just cannot be un-tarred.
> 	I used it on **different** CDROM while copying the file, it said  
> sth along line of: cdrom_decode_status error:
>
> Here are the setup:
> [software@mulnx31 software]$ /mnt/cdrom/setup
>
> A scratch directory is required for the execution of the
> ABAQUS installation procedure.
>
> TMPDIR is not defined on this system.  Provide the full path
> to the scratch directory.
>
> Scratch directory is: /tmp/
> cp: reading `/mnt/cdrom/lnx86_64/sysinfo.tar': Input/output error
> tar: Unexpected EOF in archive
> tar: Unexpected EOF in archive
> tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
>
> Checking system requirements for installation.  This will
> take just a moment...
>
> ***ERROR:  One or more system tests have failed the minimum  
> installation
>            requirements. The installation procedure will not continue.
>            Hit <Enter> to view the output from this system check.
>
> ./sysinfo.csh: Command not found.
>
> ...finished.
>
>
> Thanks,
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> Robin
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> 513-529-1483
>
> "Academia politics is the most vicious precisely because the stake  
> is so small" - Kissinger