tar: Child returned status 1

[Eric E. Bass]

I downloaded a TAR file from http://linux390.marist.edu/

Why am I getting the following errors....

 

address@hidden dasdb]# tar xfzBp initfs_small.tgz               
tar: Skipping to next file header                          
 incomplete literal tree                                   
                                                           
gzip: stdin: invalid compressed data--format violated      
tar: Child returned status 1                               
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors               
address@hidden dasdb]#                                          

 

 

 

 

Any help in this matter is appreciated