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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!usenet.coe.montana.edu!bsd.coe.montana.edu!nate From: nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu (Nate Williams) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: extracting binary and source distributions Date: 4 Feb 1994 01:10:19 GMT Organization: Montana State University - Bozeman MT Lines: 20 Message-ID: <2is79r$q4s@pdq.coe.montana.edu> References: <2iptu7$87@hermes.coventry.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: bsd.coe.montana.edu In article <2iptu7$87@hermes.coventry.ac.uk>, Colin Bruce <ccx004@hermes.coventry.ac.uk> wrote: >I am trying to install FreeBSD. It works fine until I try to extract the >binary or source distributions then it fails randomly with errors such >as /tmp/tar skipping to next file header. I say randomly because if I >start it again it fails at different files each time. This is generally a symptom of a deeper (hardware) problem. Try disabling your external cache and doing the same thing. What kind of hardware are you running? (details) Nate -- nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu | FreeBSD core member and all around tech nate@cs.montana.edu | weenie. work #: (406) 994-4836 | Graduating May '94 with a BS in EE home #: (406) 586-0579 | - looking for work in CS/EE field.