> >bad checksum in tar header- 3458 
> >Probably not valid tar file
> >Try using the mini-shell and cpin or cout
> 
>      Probably the files aren't in binary...you have to download them in 
> binary...it happened to me too! Otherwise it could be a file that's not 
> ".tar.gz" and won't inflate!

Or you downloaded them fine, and used a MacOS gunzipper which had ASCII
translation turned on. :-(

Take care,

Bill