Date: Thu, 03 May 2007 14:14:02 -0400 From: DAve <dave.list@pixelhammer.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: can't zip large files 2gb > Message-ID: <463A266A.7080508@pixelhammer.com> In-Reply-To: <20070503171138.GB43512@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> <20070503061957.GA50615@xor.obsecurity.org> <20070503171138.GB43512@skytracker.ca>
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David Banning wrote: >>> 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. > > You are probably right. I am going to upgrade to 6.x and see > if that helps - it may not but I have to upgrade one day anyway. > It will be interesting to see if the problem follows me. > I would think that over first. Unless the problem you have is noted as fixed in a later version, an upgrade for upgrade's sake is not the right course of action. If you upgrade and the problem persists, you won't know what the problem was. So far I haven't heard anyone who thinks it is a problem with the distribution. If you upgrade and the problem goes away, you still don't know what the problem was. If the problem returns a week, a month, a year down the road you are right back where you are now. Just my two cents worth. DAve -- Three years now I've asked Google why they don't have a logo change for Memorial Day. Why do they choose to do logos for other non-international holidays, but nothing for Veterans? Maybe they forgot who made that choice possible.
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