Regarding cpio-2.4.2-9.i368.rpm in RedHat 5.2: Problem noted when installing Citrix client for Linux (available from www.citrix.com), cpio error when trying to install. Downgraded to cpio-2.4.2-6 (shipped with RedHat 5.1 CD), problem disappeared. Ben Eavey 12/17/1998 beavey
See bugs #80 and #226. Basically you need to change cpio -oc to cpio -o -Hodc in the install script. Otherwise, using cpio from 5.1 works too. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 80 ***