From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 2 03:47:18 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5773416A401 for ; Wed, 2 May 2007 03:47:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from david+dated+1178507943.e045ce@skytracker.ca) Received: from 3s1.com (3s1.com [209.161.205.12]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F187913C484 for ; Wed, 2 May 2007 03:47:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from david+dated+1178507943.e045ce@skytracker.ca) Received: from 3s1.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by 3s1.com (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l423J46L054629 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Tue, 1 May 2007 23:19:04 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from david+dated+1178507943.e045ce@skytracker.ca) Received: (from david@localhost) by 3s1.com (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id l423J3U6054620 for questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 1 May 2007 23:19:03 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from david+dated+1178507943.e045ce@skytracker.ca) X-Authentication-Warning: 3s1.com: david set sender to david+dated+1178507943.e045ce@skytracker.ca using -f Received: by 3s1.com (tmda-sendmail, from uid 1000); Tue, 01 May 2007 23:18:57 -0400 Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 23:18:55 -0400 To: DAve Message-ID: <20070502031853.GA52632@skytracker.ca> References: <20070501195825.GA10269@skytracker.ca> <4637AA34.3010400@pixelhammer.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4637AA34.3010400@pixelhammer.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Delivery-Agent: TMDA/1.1.5 (Fettercairn) From: David Banning X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.88.7/3190/Tue May 1 17:06:04 2007 on 3s1.com X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.8 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED, DK_POLICY_SIGNSOME,SPF_HELO_PASS autolearn=unavailable version=3.1.8 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.8 (2007-02-13) on 3s1.com Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: can't zip large files 2gb > X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 02 May 2007 03:47:18 -0000 > >Maybe a file or library that all zip programs depend on that is > >corrupt? > > Your system is not too old, there were plenty of big files around when > 4.11 was released. Sometimes we had to refill the oil lamps before gzip > completed, but we made do. You are right about the age of the system - I just got the same error gzipping 339M file, but not a smaller 149M file. I tried your disk idea. I unmounted the volume I was using and did an fsck with no errors. Then I gzip'ped a new set of files on another drive, and got the same error. I recompiled gzip from source also. > Also you don't say if the files are local, if you are transmitting the > files make certain they are not being sent in ascii format, ftp for > instance. I am not transmitting the file via FTP or anything else right now. All is local for now.