make_net_recovery gzip problem

[Onder SAHIN]

Hi all,

I am receiving the below messages after i did make_net_recovery on HP-UX 11.11. Gzip version is 1.3.5. What may be problem?


gzip: stdout: File too large
ERROR: The gzip command failed (exit status 1).

ERROR: The make_sys_image command failed. The system recovery archive will
not be created.

[Peter Godron]

Onder,
please see:
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=611148
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=576751

Please also read:
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/helptips.do?#33 on how to reward any useful answers given to your questions.

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom,

Yes you have a problem.

Your version of gzip is not capaable of working with files of this size.

There is either a new version of gzip for HP-UX or most likely a patch in the patch databsae on http://itrc.hp.com

SEP

[B.MariappaN]

Hi,
check whether the filesystem where you store image can support largefiles.
#mount -v

Thanks & Regards,
B.MariappaN

[Rick Garland]

Ensure your filesystem is largefiles capable and ensure you have a gzip version (1.3.5) capable of handling largefiles.

You can download the gzip from http://gatekeep.cs.utah.edu/hppd/hpux/Gnu/gzip-1.3.5/

[John P. Kole]

There is a tremendous amount of urban folklore about the version of gzip Ignite-UX uses in relation to the "file too large" message that sometimes occurs.

I have never seen Ignite-UX's gzip abort because of a largefile. I wrote a very detailed note about this which can be viewed here:

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=713940

In that note about, please read the 3 sections posted by me.

Regards,
jpkole