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- From: vrr@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (veenu.r.rashid)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin
- Subject: Re: Help recovering damaged .tar file
- Message-ID: <1992Dec27.033053.26055@cbnewsj.cb.att.com>
- Date: 27 Dec 92 03:30:53 GMT
- References: <1992Dec26.193858.20040@cbnewsj.cb.att.com>
- Distribution: usa
- Organization: AT&T
- Lines: 39
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- >
- >Is there any way to do this? My .tar.Z file comes up with an
- >error halfway through:
- >
- >Directory checksum: 1089 != 27893
- >
- >or something like this (made up the numbers). Can I uncompress
- >the tar file and fix it somehow? (I just want to skip the bad
- >block or the bad file and read the rest of the files).
- >
-
- Actually the problem is while uncompressing the file. Raw
- 'uncompress' on the file gives the following messages:
-
- uncompress: corrupt input
- memory allocation error: attempt to free or realloc space not in heap
- bad zone
-
- -----
- Is there anything anyone can do with this?
-
- >This came up while reading from a bad floppy... the file copies
- >but the data is corrupted. Is there a way to fix the floppy?
- >I tried running:
- >
- >root% fsck /dev/fd0a
- >
- >
- >but this didn't seem to do anything.
- >
- >
- >Please email me with tips, suggestions or a step by step method
- >
- >
- >Thanks,
- >Veenu
- >
- >vrr@cbnewsj.att.com
- >
-