From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Feb 4 18:55:07 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA10927 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 4 Feb 1999 18:55:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA10872 for ; Thu, 4 Feb 1999 18:54:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id NAA09188; Fri, 5 Feb 1999 13:24:55 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.2/8.9.0) id NAA71101; Fri, 5 Feb 1999 13:24:54 +1030 (CST) Date: Fri, 5 Feb 1999 13:24:54 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Leo Kliger Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: installation errors Message-ID: <19990205132454.Q1179@freebie.lemis.com> References: <199902050255.NAA02041@astea.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.1i In-Reply-To: <199902050255.NAA02041@astea.com.au>; from Leo Kliger on Fri, Feb 05, 1999 at 01:47:54PM +1100 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Friday, 5 February 1999 at 13:47:54 +1100, Leo Kliger wrote: >> On Friday, 05 February 1999 01:44 PM, MadMan wrote: >> >> I am currently trying to install FreeBSD 3.0 on one of my computers. >> I have installed it on the same computer before with no problems. >> When transferring the /bin directory, I get many errors including: >> >> /stand/cpio: warning: skipped xxxx bytes of junk >> /stand/cpio: invalid header: checksum error >> /stand/cpio : No such file or directory >> /stand/gunzip: : invalid block type >> /stand/cpio: premature end of file >> >> . (In no particular order or number of (same) errors.) >> >> Do you have any suggestions? (I highly doubt that any changes were >> made between installations.) Thank you! > > i may be way off..... but maybe the drives gone bad have you tried > "fsck"??? Yes, you're probably off. This is corruption within a single file, and the original poster didn't even say whether the (cpio) archive was on disk, though it appears to be a floppy. I'd guess floppy data corruption. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message