> > > > 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. Thanks for your input - _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"