My guess would be bad RAM since you seem to be certain it's not a media
problem.

On Sat, 9 Jun 2001, Marc Mackey wrote:

> Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2001 19:40:45 -0700
> From: Marc Mackey <mackey@mackey.org>
> To: port-alpha@mail.netbsd.org
> Subject: pax install problems
>
> Can anybody help with this problem?  I'm having a heckuva time installing
> NetBSD on an alpha PW 500a.  I've tried many different distributions, 1.5,
> 1.5V, and 1.5.2beta2, and a downloaded iso image (1.5).  All return the same
> problem- the boot disks work fine, installation starts great, disks are
> partitioned and formatted, and the binary sets begin to unpack, displaying
> the files on the screen.  But, the pax archive stops, as if the .tgz file is
> incomplete or corrupt.  The following is the exact screen when the install
> dies:
>
> ------------------------
> Status: Running
> Command: pax -zrvpe -f /mnt2//alpha/binary/sets/base.tgz
>
> ./usr/share/misc/domains
> ./usr/share/misc/flowers
> .
> .<several lines of extracted files and an invalid header error>
> .
> ./usr/share/misc/zipcodes
> pax: Invalid header. Starting valid header search
> gzip: stdin: invalid compressed data--crc error
> pax: end of archive volume 2 reached
> pax: ustar vol2, 1089 files, 60733472 bytes read, 0 bytes written in 400 sec
> (151833 bytes/sec)
>
> ATTENTION: pax archive volume change required. Ready for archive volume: 2
> Input archive name or "." to quit.
> Archive name>
> ---------------------
>
> I'm new to NetBSD so any help anybody could provide would be appreciated.
>
> thanks!
> Marc
> bsd@mackey.org
>
>

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