a good other example is tar: $ cd /mnt $ tar xvfj linux-2.6.35.2.tar.bz2 tar (child): bzip2: Cannot exec: Bad address tar (child): Error is not recoverable: exiting now tar: Child returned status 2 tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now $ tar xvf 2.6.36-rc6.tar 2.6.36-rc6/ tar: 2.6.36-rc6: Cannot mkdir: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/.gitignore tar: 2.6.36-rc6/.gitignore: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/.mailmap tar: 2.6.36-rc6/.mailmap: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/COPYING tar: 2.6.36-rc6/COPYING: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/CREDITS tar: 2.6.36-rc6/CREDITS: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation: Cannot mkdir: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/.gitignore tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/.gitignore: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/00-INDEX tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/00-INDEX: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/ tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI: Cannot mkdir: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/README tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/README: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/ tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/obsolete: Cannot mkdir: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/dv1394 tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/dv1394: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/o2cb tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/o2cb: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-bus-usb tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-bus-usb: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-class-rfkill tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-class-rfkill: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/removed/ tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/removed: Cannot mkdir: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/removed/devfs tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/removed/devfs: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/removed/raw1394_legacy_isochronous tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/removed/raw1394_legacy_isochronous: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/stable/ tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/stable: Cannot mkdir: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/stable/o2cb tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/stable/o2cb: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/stable/syscalls tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/stable/syscalls: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-class-backlight tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-class-backlight: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-class-rfkill tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-class-rfkill: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-class-ubi tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-class-ubi: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-devices-node tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-devices-node: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-driver-qla2xxx tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-driver-qla2xxx: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-driver-usb-usbtmc tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-driver-usb-usbtmc: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-module tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-module: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/ tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing: Cannot mkdir: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/debugfs-ec tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/debugfs-ec: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/debugfs-pktcdvd tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/debugfs-pktcdvd: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/ima_policy tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/ima_policy: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/procfs-diskstats tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/procfs-diskstats: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-block tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-block: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-css tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-css: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-i2c-devices-hm6352 tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-i2c-devices-hm6352: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci-devices-cciss tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci-devices-cciss: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-umc tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-umc: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-usb tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-usb: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-usb-devices-usbsevseg tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-usb-devices-usbsevseg: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-c2port tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-c2port: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-bdi tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-bdi: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-lcd tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-lcd: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-led tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-led: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-mtd tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-mtd: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-pktcdvd tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-pktcdvd: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-power tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-power: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-regulator tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-regulator: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-uwb_rc tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-uwb_rc: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-uwb_rc-wusbhc tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-uwb_rc-wusbhc: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-dev tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-dev: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-memory tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-memory: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-node tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-node: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-platform-_UDC_-gadget tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-platform-_UDC_-gadget: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-power tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-power: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-driver-hid-picolcd tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-driver-hid-picolcd: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-driver-hid-prodikeys tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-driver-hid-prodikeys: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-driver-hid-roccat-kone tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-driver-hid-roccat-kone: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-acpi tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-acpi: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-memmap tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-memmap: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-sfi tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-sfi: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-sgi_uv tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-sgi_uv: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-fs-ext4 tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-fs-ext4: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-gpio tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-gpio: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-i2c-bmp085 tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-i2c-bmp085: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-ibft tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-ibft: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-mm tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-mm: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-mm-hugepages tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-mm-hugepages: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-slab tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-slab: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-uids tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-uids: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-memory-page-offline tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-memory-page-offline: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-ocfs2 tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-ocfs2: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-platform-asus-laptop tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-platform-asus-laptop: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-platform-eeepc-laptop tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-platform-eeepc-laptop: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-power tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-power: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-pps tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-pps: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-profiling tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-profiling: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-wacom tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-wacom: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-wusb_cbaf tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-wusb_cbaf: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/BUG-HUNTING tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/BUG-HUNTING: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/Changes tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/Changes: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/CodingStyle tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/CodingStyle: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DMA-API-HOWTO.txt tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DMA-API-HOWTO.txt: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DMA-API.txt tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DMA-API.txt: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DMA-ISA-LPC.txt tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DMA-ISA-LPC.txt: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DMA-attributes.txt tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DMA-attributes.txt: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/ tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook: Cannot mkdir: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/.gitignore tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/.gitignore: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/alsa-driver-api.tmpl tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/alsa-driver-api.tmpl: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/debugobjects.tmpl tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/debugobjects.tmpl: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/device-drivers.tmpl tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/device-drivers.tmpl: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/deviceiobook.tmpl tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/deviceiobook.tmpl: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/drm.tmpl tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/drm.tmpl: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/dvb/ tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/dvb: Cannot mkdir: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/dvb/.gitignore tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/dvb/.gitignore: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/dvb/audio.xml tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/dvb/audio.xml: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/dvb/ca.xml tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/dvb/ca.xml: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/dvb/demux.xml tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/dvb/demux.xml: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/dvb/dvbapi.xml tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/dvb/dvbapi.xml: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/dvb/dvbproperty.xml tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/dvb/dvbproperty.xml: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/dvb/dvbstb.pdf tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/dvb/dvbstb.pdf: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/dvb/dvbstb.png tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/dvb/dvbstb.png: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/dvb/examples.xml tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/dvb/examples.xml: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/dvb/frontend.h.xml tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/dvb/frontend.h.xml: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/dvb/frontend.xml tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/dvb/frontend.xml: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/dvb/intro.xml tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/dvb/intro.xml: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/dvb/kdapi.xml tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/dvb/kdapi.xml: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/dvb/net.xml tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/dvb/net.xml: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/dvb/video.xml tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/dvb/video.xml: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/filesystems.tmpl tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/filesystems.tmpl: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/gadget.tmpl tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/gadget.tmpl: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/genericirq.tmpl tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/genericirq.tmpl: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-hacking.tmpl tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-hacking.tmpl: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-locking.tmpl tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-locking.tmpl: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/libata.tmpl tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/libata.tmpl: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/librs.tmpl tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/librs.tmpl: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/lsm.tmpl tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/lsm.tmpl: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/mac80211.tmpl tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/mac80211.tmpl: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/mcabook.tmpl tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/mcabook.tmpl: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/media-entities.tmpl tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/media-entities.tmpl: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/media-indices.tmpl tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/media-indices.tmpl: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/media.tmpl tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/media.tmpl: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/mtdnand.tmpl tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/mtdnand.tmpl: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/networking.tmpl tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/networking.tmpl: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/rapidio.tmpl tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/rapidio.tmpl: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/regulator.tmpl tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/regulator.tmpl: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/s390-drivers.tmpl tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/s390-drivers.tmpl: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/scsi.tmpl tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/scsi.tmpl: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/sh.tmpl tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/sh.tmpl: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/stylesheet.xsl tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/stylesheet.xsl: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/tracepoint.tmpl tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/tracepoint.tmpl: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/uio-howto.tmpl tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/uio-howto.tmpl: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/usb.tmpl tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/usb.tmpl: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/ tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/v4l: Cannot mkdir: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/.gitignore tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/.gitignore: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/biblio.xml tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/biblio.xml: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/capture.c.xml tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/capture.c.xml: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/common.xml tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/common.xml: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/compat.xml tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/compat.xml: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/controls.xml tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/controls.xml: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/crop.gif tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/crop.gif: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/crop.pdf tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/crop.pdf: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/dev-capture.xml tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/dev-capture.xml: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/dev-codec.xml tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/dev-codec.xml: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/dev-effect.xml tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/dev-effect.xml: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/dev-event.xml tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/dev-event.xml: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/dev-osd.xml tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/dev-osd.xml: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/dev-output.xml tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/dev-output.xml: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/dev-overlay.xml tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/dev-overlay.xml: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/dev-radio.xml tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/dev-radio.xml: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/dev-raw-vbi.xml tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/dev-raw-vbi.xml: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/dev-rds.xml tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/dev-rds.xml: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/dev-sliced-vbi.xml tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/dev-sliced-vbi.xml: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/dev-teletext.xml tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/dev-teletext.xml: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/driver.xml tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/driver.xml: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/fdl-appendix.xml tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/fdl-appendix.xml: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/fieldseq_bt.gif tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/fieldseq_bt.gif: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/fieldseq_bt.pdf tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/fieldseq_bt.pdf: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/fieldseq_tb.gif tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/fieldseq_tb.gif: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/fieldseq_tb.pdf tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/fieldseq_tb.pdf: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/func-close.xml tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/func-close.xml: Cannot open: Bad address 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/func-ioctl.xml tar: 2.6.36-rc6/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/func-ioctl.xml: Cannot open: Bad address ^C
-- VirtFS EFAULT when accessing not existing files https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/655120 You received this bug notification because you are a member of qemu- devel-ml, which is subscribed to QEMU. Status in QEMU: New Bug description: use as client Debian squeeze i386 with a custom kernel: Linux (none) 2.6.35.5 #3 Thu Sep 23 18:36:02 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux And as host Debian squeeze amd64 Linux asd 2.6.32-5-amd64 #1 SMP Fri Sep 17 21:50:19 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux kvm version is: kvm-88-5908-gdd67374 Started the client using: sudo /usr/local/kvm/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 -m 1024 -kernel linux-2.6.35.5.qemu -drive file=root.img,if=virtio -net nic,macaddr=02:ca:ff:ee:ba:be,model=virtio,vlan=1 -net tap,ifname=tap1,vlan=1,script=no -virtfs local,path=/host,security_model=mapped,mount_tag=host -nographic I've done following inside the guest: $ mount -t 9p -o trans=virtio host /mnt $ ls -l /mnt/not-existing ls: cannot access /mnt/not-existing: Bad address This return code will for example break make or many other tools. $ echo $PATH /mnt/usr/bin:/mnt/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin $ make KERNELDIR=/usr/src/linux make: execvp: pwd: Bad address Makefile:54: /Makefile.linux: No such file or directory make: *** No rule to make target `/Makefile.linux'. Stop.
