From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 3 18:12:12 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 557D41065672 for ; Thu, 3 Mar 2011 18:12:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ag221+errors@ncf.ca) Received: from mx1.ncf.ca (mx1.ncf.ca [134.117.136.75]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2540C8FC16 for ; Thu, 3 Mar 2011 18:12:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mx1.ncf.ca (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mx1.ncf.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE7F12276D for ; Thu, 3 Mar 2011 13:12:07 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail.ncf.ca (saruman.ncf.ca [134.117.136.37]) by mx1.ncf.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB9E5225F1 for ; Thu, 3 Mar 2011 13:12:07 -0500 (EST) Received: from ultra5.localdomain (bas14-ottawa23-1279329658.dsl.bell.ca [76.65.5.122]) (Authenticated sender: ag221@ncf.ca) by mail.ncf.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC6C98BDE9 for ; Thu, 3 Mar 2011 13:12:11 -0500 (EST) Received: from ag221 by ultra5.localdomain with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PvD0T-0001tP-NX for freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org; Thu, 03 Mar 2011 13:12:09 -0500 Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2011 13:12:09 -0500 From: Howard Eisenberger To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org References: <20110303012137.C806F8BDEC@mail.ncf.ca> <1299123043.21552.17.camel@main> <4D6F1B7B.4030704@freebsd.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4D6F1B7B.4030704@freebsd.org> Organization: Gonif Systems, NCF, Ottawa, Canada User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Message-Id: <20110303181211.BC6C98BDE9@mail.ncf.ca> X-AV-Checked: ClamAV using ClamSMTP Subject: Re: BSDInstall on sparc64 X-BeenThere: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Sparc List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2011 18:12:12 -0000 On Wed, Mar 02, 2011 at 10:39:23PM -0600, Nathan Whitehorn wrote: > On 03/02/11 21:30, Craig Butler wrote: > >On Wed, 2011-03-02 at 20:21 -0500, Howard Eisenberger wrote: > >>>>I've prepared a test ISO image of the new BSDInstall installer for > >>>>sparc64, which can be found at: > >>>>http://people.freebsd.org/~nwhitehorn/bsdinstall-sparc64-20110215.iso.bz2 > >>>>It works fine on my Ultra 5, but I'd appreciate wider testing on > >>>>sparc64 (as well as general feedback) before we begin integrating this > >>>>into the build infrastructure. > >>Works on my Ultra 60, however fails on Ultra AXe. After guided > >>partitioning and initializing, "checking distribution archives.." > >>flashes by (I assume the error is here) and I get "Extract error > >>Error while extracting kernel.tgz Unrecognized archive format" > >> > >>I'm new to FreeBSD, but successfully installed 8.2 on the AXe a > > > >Just tried again on 777s using new cdr media. I am seeing the same > >issue as Howard now. > > > >Extract error > >Error while extracting kernel.tgz > >Unrecognized archive format > > Odd. Could you take a look at the kernel.tgz file? It's in either > /usr/freebsd-dist or /usr/bsdinstall-dist. I'd be interested to know > what file(1) says about it on a working and on a non-working > machine, as well as the output of gzip -t and tar tvf (you can use > the single-user shell on the install CD to test this). With same CD on both working and non-working machines, from I get the same thing with those commands on /usr/bsdinstall-disk/ kernel.tgz. There doesn't seem to be anything wrong at that point. During install on my working Ultra 60 "checking distribution archives. Please wait." does wait for a time before "extracting distribution files". On my non-working Ultra AXe, the first message just flashes by without a wait and jumps immediately to "Extract error..." Thanks and Regars, Howard E.