Quoting Kevin A Smith ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > At 12:09 PM 3/31/2000 +0200, Oswald Buddenhagen wrote: > > > After (ftp) downloading a .gz file and running gunzip on it I get the > > error: > > > invalid compressed data--crc error > > > > >the linux ftp client is probably in ascii-mode. set it to "bin" and > >everything should be fine. > >or is your filesystem just full? > > Neither. I did point out that I'd used "bin" mode :) > > Anyway, it turns out to have been caused by a disk problem: > > >It was *disk*. Linux kernel 2.0.36 provoked a known bug in the E/IDE > >CMD640B controller - caused random file corruption. This would've occured > >whichever Linux distribution you used (dselect kept segfaulting and dying > >with assert failures all over). > > A buddy of mine found it....awesome piece of Sherlock Holmes work.....
Is it worth pointing to the kernel options CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD640, CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD640_ENHANCED, and even CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RZ1000 if you should come across one of these. Cheers, -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 151 Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 6AA Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not signify official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or plagiarised.
