> vax# cat base.tgz | gunzip | (cd /mnt; tar --unlink -xpvf -)
> ...
> ./usr/share/doc/usd/25.tbl
> ./usr/share/doc/usd/26.refer
> ./usr/share/doc/usd/27.invert
> ./usr/share/doc/usd/28.bib
> /mnt: bad dir ino 32258 at offset 512: mangled entry
> panic: bad dir
> syncing disks... 68 67 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 giving up
> ?06 HLT INST
>     PC = 800C18EA

If a 'dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdxx' and 'dd if=/dev/sdx of=/dev/null' works 
then I start suspecting your RAM. Perhaps it (usually) gets in the FS
buffers or similar..

Just a shot in the dark, but it is something that happened to me before..

							Bye, Arno.

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