gunzip: stdin: unexpected end of file

[Lee Harris_5]

Hi,

I'm having a strange problem when trying to recover a server from Ignite backups. I am able to boot up from a custom image without any problems and get to the Ignite-UX installation menu. After beginning the installation, it eventually asks for the second tape which is an OS Archive. However on each occasion we have tried this it fails with the message...

* Processed 34749 KBytes of archive
31664+0 records in
633280+0 records out
* Completed 35513 KBytes of archive

gunzip: stdin: unexpected end of file
pax_iux: Ready for volume 2
pax_iux: Type "go" when ready to proceed (or "quit" to abort):

This has happened using two separate sets of media and on two different DAT drives. The exact same media was used successfully back in October too.

Any ideas?

Thanks - Lee

[Petri]

I once tried to backup some large directory with tar and gzip. At the end, tar produced a file that was too big for gunzip to manage - it could only count to 2147483647...

In some cases, it might be possible to get around by feeding zcat from stdin, instead of running gunzip. (Didn't help me.)

/petri

[Peter Godron]

Lee,
have you patched pax up to the latest version?
HP 11.11 PHCO_32438 / HP11.00 PHCO_30150 fixes a whole range of problems.

You have have to use tusc as a last resort.

[Lee Harris_5]

Thanks for the replies, I will look into your suggestions.

[john korterman]

Hi,
please check Document id: KBRC00014629
in the tech base.

http://www4.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docLocale=en_US&docId=200000075563709

regards,
John K.

[B. Hulst]

Hi,

Gzip and gunzip (libraries) should not stop at the 2GB filesize limit. There are newer version for all OSes like HP-UX and Solaris.

Check for the latest version of Ignite.

Regards,
Bob

[Amrutha]

What are the quivalent patches (PHCO_34153 and PHKL_32438)for HPUX 11.23?