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From: Richard Linane <Typh0on@concentric.net>
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To: RGireyev@Bellind.com
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Subject: Re: 2.2 Gamma Install Problem
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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.