[SlimDevices: 3rd-party-hardware] Re: SlimServer install to NSLU2 crc errors

[geoff.sim]

dmbaker;149881 Wrote: 
> I have been having trouble installing SlimServer v6.5.0 on my
> over-clocked Unslung-6.8-beta Slug.  I have followed the instructions
> at http://www.nslu2-linux.org/ sans DopeBear.  I have not installed
> anything but Unslung on a 512MB thumb drive.
> 
> The problem: When I un-tar the “SlimServer_v6.5.0.tar.tar” (for some
> reason when Windows d/l’s the .gz file it makes in a .tar) I keep
> getting:
> 
> SlimServer_v6.5.0/CPAN/arch/5.8/darwin-thread-multi-2level/auto/XML/Parser/Expat/Expat.bundle
> tar: Invalid tar magic
> # tar: write: Broken pipe
> tar: crc error
> tar: Incorrect length
> 
> I have d/l’ed the file a couple of times.  Depending on the d/l it will
> happen at different places.
> 
> Does anyone have an idea how to get around this?  BTW:  it took four
> ipkg install perl tries before I stopped getting crc errors with the
> ipkg install.
> 
> Thanks,
> David

Just to let you know I have done the same, but had no problems at all
with the tar file.

Did you format your thumbdrive using the web interface (EXT3)?

If you are getting errors with ipkg, there is something wildly wrong -
I'd unsling the NSLU2 again...

To be honest, I am thinking of reverting to a PC-based device as the
NSLU2 is quite slow. However, I will give it a good testing first...


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