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Date:      Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:17:48 -0700
From:      Tim Kientzle <kientzle@freebsd.org>
To:        Garrett Cooper <yanefbsd@gmail.com>
Cc:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Possible regression with 200807 amd64 snapshot CD
Message-ID:  <48A9BCCC.5090809@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <7d6fde3d0808172305h219231e2sad939eacb685414e@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <7d6fde3d0808172305h219231e2sad939eacb685414e@mail.gmail.com>

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Garrett Cooper wrote:
> When trying to install 7.0-RELEASE on amd64 with the snapshot CD for
> 8.0-CURRENT, I'm running into issues where I can't seem to install
> because the installer gets to a point where it just quits with a -1
> exit code.
> 
> Looking at the console I see a load of "cpio: malformed number"
> messages scroll by the screen, which makes me think that the issue
> lays with either the integrity of the archives received, or there's a
> bug with cpio that's included in the snapshot CD.
> 
> Could someone verify of disprove this issue please?

Could be a cpio bug.  8.0-CURRENT has a new cpio.

At what point does this occur?  Are you trying
to install 7.0-RELEASE from a CD?

Let me know...

Tim



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