> >  I still get the error message on the middle of the instalation when I
> > install base12  "bad shecksum in tar header"
> 
> An error in the tar header definitely should have nothing whatsoever to do
> with the partition (excepting possible errors in the installer error
> message code).

That's true.  Usually this error occurs when the file is truncated or
corrupt in some way.  Make sure that the entire file got downloaded in
binary mode.

> Yes, that's correct.  A couple of questions....  Did the original file 
> come from netbsd.com or one of the mirrors?  If it's from one of the

(That would be netbsd.org--it is macbsd.com, though)

-allen

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              Allen Briggs - end killing - briggs@macbsd.com