[GRASS5] problems with i.in.erdas in GRASS 5.3

[Michael Barton]

I just tried use i.in.erdas to read in a multiband *.lan file of 
LandsatTM images. It didn't work and produced the error listed below. 
With i.in.erdas out of commission, there seems to be no way to get 
multiband images into GRASS. I tried r.in.gdal (I have 1.1.9 installed) 
and it wouldn't read *.lan images or geotiffs in multiband format. Any 
suggestions?

I am using GRASS 5.3 (12 January 04 build) on a Mac OSX 10.2.8 system. 
The *.lan file is a version 7.4 format file of 7 Landsat TM bands, with 
a size of 375 Mb. Note below that it does recognize the file and read 
the header correctly.

  - - - i.in.erdas error - - -

Swapping Enabled
HEAD74
pack type ------------- 0 == 8 bit/pixel
number bands----------- 7
number cols,rows------- 7768, 7225
starting coordinate --- 1, 1
map type (int, float) - 1
number classes -------- 0
unit-type: ------------ N (N=None A=Acre H=Hectare O=Other)
area per pixel -------- 1.000000
map coordinate -------- 67089.500000, 4414792.500000
pixel size ------------ 28.500000, 28.500000

UTM coordinates used remember that the UTM zone is unknown
and must be set using the grass support function on the header file.
WARNING: G_set_fp_type() can only be called with FCELL_TYPE or 
DCELL_TYPE
WARNING: G_set_fp_type() can only be called with FCELL_TYPE or 
DCELL_TYPE
WARNING: G_set_fp_type() can only be called with FCELL_TYPE or 
DCELL_TYPE
WARNING: G_set_fp_type() can only be called with FCELL_TYPE or 
DCELL_TYPE
WARNING: G_set_fp_type() can only be called with FCELL_TYPE or 
DCELL_TYPE
WARNING: G_set_fp_type() can only be called with FCELL_TYPE or 
DCELL_TYPE
WARNING: G_set_fp_type() can only be called with FCELL_TYPE or 
DCELL_TYPE


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