Dr. Bill Studenmund wrote:
> 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.

Scott repacked these (last Wednesday or so, I think), and they appear to
work now.  I believe it was gzip weirdness; although I certainly can't
explain it.

Later.

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Colin Wood                                 cwood@ichips.intel.com
Component Design Engineer - PMD                 Intel Corporation
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