topic Re: Tar error! blocksize changed in Operating System - HP-UX

Tar error! blocksize changed

Achilles_2 — Wed, 10 Nov 2004 02:40:27 GMT

Hi all,

I have encountered a problem when I uncompress the bundle which I downloaded from HP offical web site. It is September bundle named bundle11i_B.11.23.0409.3.depot (size ~520 MB)

I also try to download using different format and come from different region but it got the same result.

Here are the error message:

# gunzip -c hpux_800_11.23_11101208.tgz|tar xvf -
x patch_manifest, 113 bytes, 1 tape blocks
x README_hp-ux, 1780 bytes, 4 tape blocks
x create_depot_hp-ux_11, 5768 bytes, 12 tape blocks
x BUNDLE11i_B.11.23.0409.3.depot, 532490240 bytes, 1040020 tape blocks

gunzip: hpux_800_11.23_11101208.tgz: unexpected end of file
Tar: error! blocksize changed

Do anyone know how to solve the problem?

Regards and Thanks
Alex

Re: Tar error! blocksize changed

bhavin asokan — Wed, 10 Nov 2004 02:57:25 GMT

hi,

i think the problem may be due to the file *.tgz has not fully downloaded from the site.

regds,

Re: Tar error! blocksize changed

Achilles_2 — Wed, 10 Nov 2004 03:00:04 GMT

The download box said that It is completed downloaded

Re: Tar error! blocksize changed

bhavin asokan — Wed, 10 Nov 2004 03:10:12 GMT

hi,

this problem mainly occurs when we have to download nearly 100MB or more size files .even if you are getting download completed message, problem remains.are you using any download software .it is better to use any download software like dap. dap 7.3 trial version is freely available on internet.with this software you can resume the broken downloads.

regds,

Re: Tar error! blocksize changed

Ranjith_5 — Wed, 10 Nov 2004 03:16:34 GMT

Hi,

See what is the size of the file that you have downloaded.

pls see this old ITRC threads.
1.)
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=211284

2.)
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=317972

Regards,
Syam

Re: Tar error! blocksize changed

Darrell Tschakert — Thu, 11 Nov 2004 05:51:42 GMT

Alex,
I agree with those who suggested that you did not get the entire file downloaded. Some time back, I downloaded a depot file from the HP site to my PC. I discovered later that I had not gotten the entire file. Later, I tried downloading the same file a number of times to my XP PC again and each time the file length was short of what it should have been. It usually, but as I recall not always, gave me the same length download file which was less than the full length of the file as listed on the HP site. I finally used the Netscape on the HP-UX 11i L9000 to download the file directly to the HP L9000 and then I got the entire file. I always assumed that there was some sequence of bytes that told some part of the system to assume that the download was complete.

I suggest downloading again and check the length. If it is short, then download to another computer.

Enjoy,

Darrell Tschakert

Re: Tar error! blocksize changed

Zeev Schultz — Thu, 11 Nov 2004 06:16:26 GMT

Hi

Have you also tried to separately
1)gunzip
2)tar

But unexpected EOF could mean partially downloaded file.

Re: Tar error! blocksize changed

Eric Antunes — Thu, 11 Nov 2004 06:29:14 GMT

This happens a lot with large downloads: try to open the zipped file before using it... If you can't open it, it isnÂ´t valid and your download didn't finish sucessfuly!

Best Regards,

Er

Re: Tar error! blocksize changed

Gerhard Roets — Thu, 11 Nov 2004 06:50:58 GMT

Hi Alex

gunzip: hpux_800_11.23_11101208.tgz: unexpected end of file
Is the core statement and looking at its name its seems to be some patches incorrectly downloaded and or the download timedout.

The next error Tar: error! blocksize changed
just implies tar expected more data from tape in this case stdin and did not get it ...

Regards
Gerhard