Date: Thu, 23 May 96 09:14:00 PDT From: Duncan Barclay <Duncan.Barclay@pa-consulting.com> To: freebsd-hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Strange things on 2.1R (gunzip broken) Message-ID: <31A492F0@SMTPGATE.PA-CONSULTING.COM>
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Last night I tried to uncompress something from the 2.1R ports/distfiles directory. Gunzip stopped with a crc error message after (subjectivly) short while. It used to work. I then tried copying a number of files off the cdrom and uncompressing from the disk drive. Same error. Then tried /stand/gunzip (a vote for by the way) but discovered it was compressed!!!! But that didnt uncompress either using /usr/bin/gunzip. So off to the live fileing system cdrom and used gunzip from there, which worked. Did a diff and _all_ of /usr/bin and /livefilesystem/usr/bin are different!!!! Recent changes (like Tuesday) to the machine are the addition of an Etherlink III card. The problem manifests itself with the following kernels: kernel + ep0 driver kernel + ep0 driver, disabled kernel without ep0 driver. kernel=stripped down kernel, with drivers for a basic machine (ie. sio[01]. lpt0. sc0, wdc[01], fd0, ft0, npx0) Hey Jordan this might be a useful addition to the conf directory for people with a basic machine and dont need the hassle of cutting the cruft out of GENERIC. Machine 486DX33 on a ISA/VESA motherboard. 2*IDE Drives and an ATAPI CDROM Everything worked fine before. Help. Things to do after work are extract a virgin copy of usr/bin from the distribution cdrom and diff it all. Try the generic kernel. Remove the EtherLInk III. Worry about data and do a backup. Thanks for any pointers. Duncan
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