I'd just like to point out that not all tar implementations do bzip2 compression the same way. Some use the `j' flag you've specified. Some use `I' (capital `eye'). Some have no such option at all.

So, folks, if your ``tar xjf linux-v2.00b13.tar.bz2'' fails, then try replacing the `j' with an `I'. If that fails, try ``bzip2 -dc linux-v2.00b13.tar.bz2 | tar xf -''. If that also fails, go find and install a copy of bzip2.

The same sort of advice goes for creating the tar file. The first suggestion is the same: replace the `j' with an `I'. This will only work if it worked for you above. If you have to do the other one, the proper command would be ``tar cf - linux/ | bzip2 -c > linux-hijack-v300.tar.bz2''.