>Ok, everythings in good and working order. No problems with read only, no
>problems with vipw, and finally no problems with the network daemons. All
>of these problems were solved simply by reinstalling the system.
>
>Now there is one more problem:
>
>When I try to untar a file(I do tar -x <filename> or tar -x /etc/rc
><filename>) it says:
>
>tar:can't open /dev/rst0:no such file or directory
>
>Then of course, the file, namely the man12 archive(of which I changed the
>name to man12.tar.gz after having the same problem with the first name),
>doesn't untar and leaves me frustrated. How can I solve this?

Use "tar -xf filename" (notice the -f option, make sure it comes LAST!)

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