Date: Thu, 3 May 2007 02:19:57 -0400 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: David Banning <david+dated+1178603327.62476d@skytracker.ca> Cc: David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: can't zip large files 2gb > Message-ID: <20070503061957.GA50615@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20070503054842.GA14682@skytracker.ca> References: <20070501195825.GA10269@skytracker.ca> <20070502093757.GA2835@kobe.laptop> <20070502162657.GA21779@skytracker.ca> <20070502171723.GA1615@kobe.laptop> <20070502180815.GA50145@skytracker.ca> <20070502190950.GA84501@Grumpy.DynDNS.org> <20070503054842.GA14682@skytracker.ca>
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--huq684BweRXVnRxX Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, May 03, 2007 at 01:48:43AM -0400, David Banning wrote: > I have replace my memory. It didn't make any difference. >=20 > root# gunzip *ian_mail* > gunzip: 3s1.com-ian_mail-full-20070503-0105AM.1.tgz:=20 > invalid compressed data--format violated > root#=20 >=20 > and another way; >=20 > root# tar tzf *ian_mail* >=20 > lists most files in the tgz, then terminates with; >=20 > ... > tar: Skipping to next header > tar: Archive contains obsolescent base-64 headers >=20 > gzip: stdin: invalid compressed data--format violated > tar: Child returned status 1 > tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors > root# Unless you can demonstrate some other systematic effect (e.g. always truncated at the same size), it looks like you have some other kind of failing hardware that is silently corrupting the data during writing or reading from disk. Kris --huq684BweRXVnRxX Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFGOX8NWry0BWjoQKURAjZ2AKCzxRVGOm2uUhopiwUonZIiT1QtbQCgg0tE LZ21d33PtWh3YygeH3R5gQ8= =b7iF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --huq684BweRXVnRxX--
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