can't zip large files 2gb >

[DAve]

David Banning wrote:
>>> gzip: stdin: invalid compressed data--format violated
>>> tar: Child returned status 1
>>> tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
>>> root#
>> Unless you can demonstrate some other systematic effect (e.g. always
>> truncated at the same size), it looks like you have some other kind of
>> failing hardware that is silently corrupting the data during writing
>> or reading from disk.
> 
> You are probably right. I am going to upgrade to 6.x and see
> if that helps - it may not but I have to upgrade one day anyway.
> It will be interesting to see if the problem follows me.
> 

I would think that over first. Unless the problem you have is noted as 
fixed in a later version, an upgrade for upgrade's sake is not the right 
course of action.

If you upgrade and the problem persists, you won't know what the problem 
was. So far I haven't heard anyone who thinks it is a problem with the 
distribution.

If you upgrade and the problem goes away, you still don't know what the 
problem was. If the problem returns a week, a month, a year down the 
road you are right back where you are now.

Just my two cents worth.

DAve


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