Re: [Devil-Linux-discuss] Sources of info.

[Charles M. <chm...@ea...>]

On Wed, 2007-09-19 at 20:00 -0400, Bruce Smith wrote:
> > I am trying to us DL to build a router but am not getting anywhere.  It
> > seems the etc.tar.bz2 file is corrupted.  I have downloaded from several
> > sources with the same problem.
> 
> What makes you think it's corrupt?  How are you trying to "read" it?
> Are you trying to read it outside of DL with Windows or Linux?  How?
> 
> What error messages are you seeing?  How is it saved (floppy/USB-stick)?
> If it's saved on a floppy, it may very well be corrupt.  Most floppies
> are very old these days and junk.  Switch to a USB stick if possible.
> 
> > I have tried to find a FAQ or mail forum unsuccessfully.  If these
> > resources are available if someone can direct me to them it would be
> > appreciated.
> 
> This is the correct mail forum.  
> The official docs are at www.devil-linux.org.
> 
>  - BS
> 
> 
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It appears that the problem was not DL but how my machine was handling
the compressed files.   

If I attempted to untar and decompress i.e. $tar -xjvf
devil-linux.tar.bz2 I got corrupted files with bad md5sums.
If I do it in two steps i.e. bunzip the file and then untar
the files are ok.  Not sure why, but that resolved the issue.