Re: [Trinux-talk] Invalid gzip magic

[Matthew F. <mf...@ci...>]

It could be the memory question or the package might not exist on the server

# free

should tell you if your ramdisks are full.

# cat /etc/tux/config/server

will tell  you where the packages are being loaded from


Or it probably does this if the package doesn't exist

# snarf http://trinux.sf.net/pkg/pkgname.tgz

if this fails, then the package doesn't exist or has been renamed

- mdf

> It is possible that the cause may be elsewhere.
> 
> If your trinux system runs out of ramdisk, I believe that it keeps quiet 
> about it.  If you are attempting to get packages, and some fail, it could 
> be the large packages that are failing, due to insufficient resources 
> (memory or ramdisk).
> 
> Trinux is special because it runs in a resource restricted environment.  
> It assumes that the operator knows this.  Error checking and the 
> meaningful text messages can sometimes double the size of an executable.  
> Trinux must be kept small, and sometimes this is at the expense of 
> even minimal diagnostics.
> 
> Your request for help is very short on details.  A short list of 3 
> packages that failed, and 3 that succeed, could help determine the cause.
> 
> Also, try to include some parameters of your running system.  Most 
> importantly, the total amount of installed ram, and the output of the df 
> (disk free) command, would really help.
> 
> And please ACK the list, when a suggested fix does the deed.  It is most 
> frustrating to see several posts of a problem, and never a final "That 
> fixed it!".
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> On Wed, 4 Sep 2002, Matt Smith wrote:
> 
> > Using the latest boot floppy, when attempting to get most of the packages
> > over the network, I get:
> > 
> > gunzip: Invalid gzip magic
> > 
> > And the package doesn't load.  It works for some packages on the mirrors,
> > but only a couple.  I saw a post about this back in March, but the
> > suggested correction didn't help here.
> > 
> > Any ideas?