Date: Tue, 04 Mar 1997 19:44:55 -0500 From: Richard Linane <Typh0on@concentric.net> To: RGireyev@Bellind.com Cc: dwhite@lmbmicro.com, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 2.2 Gamma Install Problem Message-ID: <331CC207.70C9@pop3.concentric.net> References: <c=US%a=_%p=BellInd%l=CDCEXCHANGE-970304231039Z-1378@cdcexchange.bellind.com>
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RGireyev@Bellind.com wrote: > > A completely worthless $0.02 but a similar thing happened to me > once when I downloaded a file, off the Internet, and the last few bits > didn't make it accross. Is the size of the original file, on the FTP > server, > the same as the size of the local .gz file? > > >---------- > >From: Jordan K. Hubbard[SMTP:jkh@time.cdrom.com] > >Sent: Monday, March 03, 1997 11:09 PM > >To: Typh0on@concentric.net > >Cc: Doug White; hackers@freebsd.org > >Subject: Re: 2.2 Gamma Install Problem > > > >> 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? > > > > Jordan > > I thought that might be a problem. I had been doing the minimal installation (ie. the bin distribution) I went ahead and downloaded the bin dist. for 2.2 Gamma 2 more times with the same result...however I hadn't tried a different version with the same drive. I'd thought I would just wait until the CD of 2.1.7 I had ordered from Walnut Creek arrived.
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