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jaco2001uk n00b
Joined: 15 Aug 2004 Posts: 3
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Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2004 6:35 pm Post subject: Sparc64 network install, tar error with stage 2/3 files. |
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Hey all,
I though it was about time I gave Gentoo a go on my Ultra 1. I have no CD drive so have been using the TFTP boot image.
The machine boots fine and I have been following the instructions from http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-sparc-quickinstall.xml
When I try extracting the stage 2 (or 3) tarballs I get an error at the same point each time
./usr/share/terminfo/l/linux-koi8
./usr/share/terminfo/l/linux-koi8r
./usr/share/terminfo/l/linux-lat
./usr/share/terminfo/l/linux-vt
./usr/share/terminfo/l/layer
./usr/share/terminfo/l/lft
./usr/share/terminfo/l/lft-pc850
tar: Unrecognised file type
gentoo gentoo #
I have tried bunzipping the file first and then extracting it and I have tried stages of different servers.
Any ideas or thoughts on this would be warmly welcomed.
Thanks
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ciaranm Retired Dev
Joined: 19 Jul 2003 Posts: 1719 Location: In Hiding
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Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2004 7:47 pm Post subject: |
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You need a newer tar. Old busybox tar hates stageballs. |
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jaco2001uk n00b
Joined: 15 Aug 2004 Posts: 3
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Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2004 7:57 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for the reply ciaranm.
Do you know where I can get a prebuilt binary from?
Thanks.
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wan-geek n00b
Joined: 03 Apr 2003 Posts: 66 Location: knee-deep in the ether
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Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2004 3:50 am Post subject: workaround |
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a workaround...if you are lucky enough to get busybox tar to unpack the gnu version of tar...
simply chroot into the new install...and pick up the untarring from there.
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chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash
env-update
source /etc/profile
tar -xvjpf stage-BLAH_BLAH -K (insert filename where tar died)
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the gnu tar -K option starts untarring at a certain file. In this case, it will start untarring the rest of the stage right where it died off.
Cheers,
-Chris |
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wan-geek n00b
Joined: 03 Apr 2003 Posts: 66 Location: knee-deep in the ether
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Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2004 4:08 am Post subject: more info |
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ok...more info.
I actually had to back down to a 2004.1 stage 1 ...and untar THAT....then run the chroot...and untar the 2004.2 over the top of everything. When I try to untar the 2004.2 stage 1, I never even get the gnu tar utility unpacked....it dies in the middle of /usr/bin
Busybox tar certainly seems to have "issues". Curious as to why it's the chosen version for the netboot sun images if it's so riddled with bad mojo. (there has to be something else "small" that will work instead.)
Cheers,
-Chris |
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hamster2k1 n00b
Joined: 07 Feb 2003 Posts: 64 Location: Montreal,QC
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Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2004 12:12 pm Post subject: |
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Me, what I did is when I grabbed the tftpboot file in :
http://adelie.polymtl.ca/experimental/sparc/tftpboot/
I took the stage file in that same experimental folder.
http://adelie.polymtl.ca/experimental/sparc/stages/sparc64/
That worked like a charm. So didn't had to get another tar utility.
Doesn't really matter if I take 2004.2 stage build or an experimental one.
after doing the first emerge sync and emerge system, your stable should be
updated to the latest stable versions. Anyway!
Hope it can help others here. |
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waxorian n00b
Joined: 26 Feb 2004 Posts: 1
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Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2004 12:32 am Post subject: |
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I was lucky to have access to another sparc64 machine so with a tip from #gentoo-sparc I could compile `USE="static" emerge tar` and use the new tar binary for my Ultra1. Now with my (sparc32) SparcStation 5 I'm out of luck, and I'm trying wan-geek's workaround as we speak.
So here are my sparc64 binaries (I included bzip2 to be sure) in case anyone has the same problem and wants an easy way out:
http://www.cs.vu.nl/~bkarel/binaries/sparc64/
(wget <url> --> chmod +x tar --> ./tar etc.)
Maybe someone could also provide some sparc32 binaries? |
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wan-geek n00b
Joined: 03 Apr 2003 Posts: 66 Location: knee-deep in the ether
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Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2005 10:17 am Post subject: experimental stages gone |
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so...anyone care to comment on the disappearance of the experimental stages?
All the mirrors appear to be void of these functioning stages.
I'm now back to my workaround....even with stage1.
-C |
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