On Tue, 2 Jun 1998, David Bogen wrote:

> > On Mon, 1 Jun 1998, Colin Wood wrote:
> >could y'all download the 1.3.2 kernel within NetBSD (or copy it in via the
> >installer) and unarchive it there via "cd /; tar xzvpf /path/to/kern.tgz"?
> >It unpacks on the ftp server just fine, I don't know why it wouldn't
> >unpack via the installer.....
> 
> Just for the record, I tried to install 1.3.2 yesterday afternoon (Monday)
> on a Quadra 650, and the kernel wouldn't unpack via the installer for me
> either.  The installer kept reporting CRC errors within the archive.  I
> tried downloading it several times, and used binary mode every time.  I also
> ran a copy through Stuffit Expander on my mac, just for giggles, and it
> reported the archive as being corrupted as well.  However, now that I've got
> 1.3.1 running on the machine, I can download and unpack the 1.3.2 kernel
> from within netbsd just fine.

[sorry for the delay; I've been out of town]

Could you try cpout'ing the as-downloaded 1.3.2 kernel, and seeing if the
installer dislikes that?

You used fetch for ftp'ing, didn't you?

Sounds like we might have some gzip weirdnesses.

Take care,

Bill