ESIX tar problem (bad checksum on directory)

Weil Timothy Robert trweil at aplcen.apl.jhu.edu
Wed Jul 11 01:22:49 AEST 1990


problem goes like this -
 
       * ftped a socket interface library SI.TAR.Z (50K or so)
       * uncompress fails the 1st time so, check that ulimit = 4096
       * change ulimit = 4000000 & uncompress yields SI.TAR (3.5 Mg)
       * try to examines files with 'tar tvf SI.TAR' & get error
             'directory checksum error'  'bad block' ...
 
whats next?
 
Followup question - what is meaning of bootup dfspace message
 
       real memory = 3800000 (or thereabouts)
    available memory = 2200000 (or thereabouts)
 
    * am I not getting full mileage out of 4 MB of RAM?
    * is dfspace producing this message?
 
Thanks in advance
    trw at aplcen.apl.jhu.edu
    'No such thing as a free lunch, except sometimes'



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