Re: Linux and tar -xvzf lockup
Jeff Wiegley (jeff@w3-design.com)
Wed, 27 Aug 1997 21:36:28 -0700
Daniel G. Linder wrote:
>
> Jeff,
>
> What if you make your own tar file and then gzip it. Does this lock up
> the machine? What if you run "strace tar -xvzf linux-2.0.30.tar.gz" and
> see what the last few calls are? Can you do a gunzip on the tar.gz file?
> Can you then do a tar on that file? Try doing a "sum `which tar`" and see
> if that checksum matches with another Linux machine. Could be that the
> tar binary is corrupted somehow.
>
> Dan
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1) I haven't tried making my own tar file and gzipping it.
2) I will try to run strace... next chance I get
3) No, I cannot gunzip the tar file first, gunzip linux-2.0.30.tar.gz
locks too
4) the checksums are correct for the tar file.
and more over it doesn't always lock up at the same point in the tar
file.
the strace idea is a good one. I'm unfamiliar with strace and don't
really
know how to use it but I will try what you suggested with it.
- Jeff
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