On Sat, Jul 26, 2003 at 05:34:46PM +0200, Jukka Salmi wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Yesterday I tried to install NetBSD on a couple of Compaq Deskpros (i386).
> No matter whether I used the official 1.6.1 CD or a custom built 1.6.1 stable
> release, I always got a segfault when pax tried to read etc.tgz:
> 
> Segmentation fault - core dumped
> #   Command: pax -zrvpe -O -f /mnt2//i386/binary/sets/etc.tgz
> 
> In a previous step, base.tgz was read without any problem.
> 
> I tried it on three different machines about five times each, always with
> the same results.
> 
> Some really strange (at least in my opinion) results of some tests I did
> today:
> 
> - The segfault does not occur if I do at least one of the following:
>   * I configure my ethernet interface using DHCP
>   * I select not to see each filename during extraction of the sets
> 
> (I.e.:
> - The segfault always occurs if I configure my ethernet interface manually
>   AND select to see each filename during set extractions.)
> 
> At least I found a workaround, but I still wonder what could have been
> the problem. Any hints?

This has been seen before.
Do you actually get a core file? If so it might just contain something
useful, if not it all gets hard :-(
Do you know which process dumps core?
It could be part of sysinst (there are a couple of children lurking).

I have a gut feeling there is a heap problem - so it could be tricky!


	David

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