Re: Strange behaviour of tar on a CF.

[Jukka Salmi <j+nbsd%2005.salmi.ch@localhost>]

Marcin Jessa --> tech-embed (2005-06-30 11:33:39 +0200):
> On Thu, 30 Jun 2005 11:30:36 +0200
> Jukka Salmi <j+nbsd%2005.salmi.ch@localhost> wrote:
> 
> > Marcin Jessa --> tech-embed (2005-06-30 10:02:36 +0200):
[...]
> > > tar: could not exec: No such file or directory
> > > tar: End of archive volume 1 reached
> > > tar: Sorry, unable to determine archive format.
[...]
> > You do have /usr/bin/gzip (and /usr mounted while running tar), don't you?
> 
> Yes I do. I did some debugging checks before posting this message and df 
> showed /mnt mounted, the file was in place, userflags were ok too and there 
> was enough space on the storage media.
> I just tried to extract the same file to memory instead and got the same 
> error...

Hmm, reading src/bin/pax/ar_io.c, this must be a gzip problem. Have you
already tried running tar without `-z'?

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