From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Mar 4 10:03:07 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id KAA03854 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 4 Mar 1997 10:03:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id KAA03845 for ; Tue, 4 Mar 1997 10:03:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id KAA21934; Tue, 4 Mar 1997 10:02:03 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 4 Mar 1997 10:02:03 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" cc: Typh0on@concentric.net, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 2.2 Gamma Install Problem In-Reply-To: <21112.857459354@time.cdrom.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 3 Mar 1997, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > gunzip: stdin: invalid comp data--format violated > > /stand/cpio/: premature end of file > > Debug: switching back to VTY1 > > > > Any Clues ? > > Looks like the DOS I/O routines failed to read the data correctly off > of this partition. Interesting! How large is this DOS partition > you're reading from and what is the cylinder geometry of the disk it's > on? As a data point Jordan, I've had the same problem with a Gateway 2000 Solo with a 1 gig disk, FIPS'd roughly in half. I can get more details if you like, it's not my machine so it'll take a bit. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major