Subject: install/28734: Can't unpack the contents on disk2 during installation of 2.0
To: None <install-manager@netbsd.org, gnats-admin@netbsd.org,>
From: None <alex.rigbo@swipnet.se>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 12/21/2004 14:48:00
>Number:         28734
>Category:       install
>Synopsis:       Can't unpack the contents on disk2 during installation of 2.0
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    install-manager
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Dec 21 14:48:00 +0000 2004
>Originator:     Alexander Rigbo
>Release:        2.0
>Organization:
>Environment:
N/A, but it's a SUN SparcStation 5
>Description:
This error occures i'm trying to install NetBSD-2.0 on my SparcStation 5,
when i'm trying to load instfs.tgz from floppy #2.

It says
gzip: stdin not in gzip format
and then a few errors from tar.

i've tried writing the image to the disk using rawritexp, dd on NetBSD/i386 and dd on NetBSD/sparc. with and without bs=36k conv=sync.
>How-To-Repeat:
1) Boot from disk one.
2) Choose floppy to load the installation.
3) Insert disk two.
>Fix: