1.4rc2 Install > Need help please! :)

kinetiz · n00b Joined: 05 Jan 2003 Posts: 11 Location: Cardiff

Yo dudes.. just wondering if anyone has had a similar problem to me, I am trying to install Gentoo 1.4_rc2 on an Athlon 1.3GHz, 256DDR, with the athlon livecd. I have followed the x86 install guide, but when it comes to unpacking the stage3 tarball i get the following error:

tar: Skipping to next header
tar: Archive contains obsolescent base-64 headers

bzip2: Data integrity error when decompressing.
Input file = (stdin), output file = (stdout)

It is possible that the compressed file(s) have become corrupted.
You can use the -tvv option to test integrity of such files.

You can use the 'bzip2recover' program to attempt to recover
data from undamaged sections of corrupted files.

tar: Child returned status 2
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors

Anyhelp with this would be much apreciated!

Thanks a lot dudes
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shadow303 · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 19 Apr 2002 Posts: 101

Sounds like your stage 3 tarball got corrupted in the download. Try again and see if it works.

kinetiz · n00b Joined: 05 Jan 2003 Posts: 11 Location: Cardiff

Have done dude, same error

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kinetiz · n00b Joined: 05 Jan 2003 Posts: 11 Location: Cardiff

I have attempted to reinstall many times now, I still get the same error on every stage tarball.

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Dragon561 · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 25 Oct 2002 Posts: 112

I had the sma problem many times. Try different mirrors. The file u got was corrupted. Ibiblio and Norway work good for me and sometimes oregonstate. I know it is the file. My suggestion is just to try a different mirror.

JediSal · n00b Joined: 21 Jan 2003 Posts: 1

Hey all,

I've tried all of the US mirrors have not found uncorrupt stage1 tarball. They all have failed. They all seem to kak on certain /usr/python.h files.

If anyone has a mirror that they have had luck recently with please let me know. I've read good reviews about this linux distribution and whould like to give it a shot.

Thanks in advance

kinetiz · n00b Joined: 05 Jan 2003 Posts: 11 Location: Cardiff

Hey dudes, whats up? Thanks for replying! The stage tarballs are so annoying for me, they are all corrupted. As you say, I will try another mirror Dragon561, if I get any luck JediSal, I will message you back!

Thanks Again

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kinetiz · n00b Joined: 05 Jan 2003 Posts: 11 Location: Cardiff

Dudes.. I managed to extract the tarball! I downloaded one from linux.no like one of you said, and it worked perfectly. Now I am having trouble with 'emerge -u world'

it keeps giving me segmentation faults. My cflags are either

-none-
athlon -O3
athlon-tbird -O3

Cheers
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rac · Posted: Tue Jan 21, 2003 7:13 pm Post subject:

Are you overclocking? Can you try swapping half your RAM out to see if it's the problem? Maybe adjusting memory timings in the BIOS to more conservative settings?
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kinetiz · n00b Joined: 05 Jan 2003 Posts: 11 Location: Cardiff

Im not overclocking, and I am only using one stick of DDR ram.

I have decided to restart the install process, and I will keep you posted if there are any advances. Thanks anyway
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