If you have the shared folders system correctly configured then if you look inside '/hgfs' you can see the Windows file share. To do this at the command prompt: cd /hgfs/<name of share> where <name of share> is the name you gave the share whilst setting file sharing up. Duncan On 17 Jun 2008, at 09:38, K. Powers wrote: > Dear all, > > I’m attempting (with very limited Linux experience) to install FSL > on a > Windows XP platform and am having trouble trying to unpackage the > FSL file. > > Whether attempting with the installer or via the individually typed > gunzip > command, both give an "unexpected end of file" error message. > > Some Linux blogs suggested that this message indicates that the file > is > corrupted, so I re- downloaded it and got the same results. > > Please see the screen capture jpeg below for my latest attempt, and > let me > know if you have any suggestions for what I might try differently. > > Additional info if relevant: > -I have the FSL_VM5_32 virtual machine functioning on VMware Player > 2.0.3 > [build 80004.]The tarball and installer were both downloaded to the > same > windows c drive/program files folder named “FSL”. > > -I couldn't figure out how to get to the windows folders through the > linux > command prompt, so I shared the folder with the Linux environment > via the > VMware player’s shared folder utility. > > Any assistance would be greatly appreciated, > K.Powers > -- Duncan A B Mortimer DPhil MChem Computing Officer, FMRIB Centre, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK. Tel: (0)1865 222713 WWW: http://www.fmrib.ox.ac.uk/~duncan email: [log in to unmask]