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Date:      Thu, 03 Mar 2011 03:30:43 +0000
From:      Craig Butler <craig001@lerwick.hopto.org>
To:        Howard Eisenberger <howarde@gmx.net>
Cc:        freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org, Marius Strobl <marius@alchemy.franken.de>
Subject:   Re: BSDInstall on sparc64
Message-ID:  <1299123043.21552.17.camel@main>
In-Reply-To: <20110303012137.C806F8BDEC@mail.ncf.ca>
References:  <BAY147-w476731CC33A4F811C220F2F9D40@phx.gbl> <20110303012137.C806F8BDEC@mail.ncf.ca>

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On Wed, 2011-03-02 at 20:21 -0500, Howard Eisenberger wrote:
> > > I've prepared a test ISO image of the new BSDInstall installer for
> > > sparc64, which can be found at:
> > > http://people.freebsd.org/~nwhitehorn/bsdinstall-sparc64-20110215.iso.bz2
> > 
> > > It works fine on my Ultra 5, but I'd appreciate wider testing on
> > > sparc64 (as well as general feedback) before we begin integrating this
> > > into the build infrastructure.
> 
> Works on my Ultra 60, however fails on Ultra AXe. After guided 
> partitioning and initializing, "checking distribution archives.."
> flashes by (I assume the error is here) and I get "Extract error
> Error while extracting kernel.tgz Unrecognized archive format"
> 
> I'm new to FreeBSD, but successfully installed 8.2 on the AXe a 
> few days ago.
> 
> Thanks and regards,
> 
> Howard E.
> Ottawa

Hi Folks

Just tried again on 777s using new cdr media.  I am seeing the same
issue as Howard now.

Extract error 
Error while extracting kernel.tgz 
Unrecognized archive format

Regards

Craig Butler






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