Subject: port-alpha/20458: cdhdtape image on 1.6 branch fails to load kernel
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: Gary Duzan <gary@duzan.org>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 02/21/2003 09:15:16
>Number:         20458
>Category:       port-alpha
>Synopsis:       cdhdtape image on 1.6 branch fails to load kernel
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    port-alpha-maintainer
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Feb 21 06:16:00 PST 2003
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Gary Duzan
>Release:        NetBSD 1.6 branch
>Organization:
	Ad Hoc
>Environment:
Architecture: alpha
Machine: alpha
>Description:
On my Jensen (DECpc AXP 150) I can't boot any of the 1.6 branch
cdhdtape images off CD. The initial bootstrap comes up fine, but
loading the kernel fails. The CDs appear to have been burned
properly, since I can read them and get the same image contents
back. A 1.6 ISO image loads the kernel fine, as does a 1.6L cdhdtape
image, so the problem seems to be confined to the 1.6 branch
cdhdtape images.

Here are the error messages for a number of versions:

1.6 ustar 1.3 (Sep 8 2002) - 8084288+227040@@@@@@@@lseek section headers: invalid file offset
1.6_STABLE ustar 1.3 (Nov 22 2002) - 8086928+227040@@@@@@@@@lseek section headers: invalid file offset
1.6.1_RC1 ustar 1.3 (Feb 14 2003) - 8081880@@@@@@@@@read text: Input/output error

>How-To-Repeat:
	Burn the respective cdhdtape images to CD and try booting them.
>Fix:
	Unknown.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: