[parisc-linux] kernel panic when extracting large tar files

[Thibaut VARENE]

On Tue, 7 Jan 2003 15:13:19 -0500
"Carlos O'Donell" <carlos@baldric.uwo.ca> wrote:

> > Matthieu Delahaye told me that since the very first days of pa/linux; 
> > this bug has existed, mostly happening on 'un-taring' files, obliging 
> > users to untar by small chunks of data.
> 
> And hardware errors have existed since the beggining of time ;)
Hardware errors happening on several boxes and only when unpacking an archive?
Kinda "feature" heh ? :)
>  
> > FWIW, I experienced that bug too on the A500, had no time to chase it 
> > down but I will look at it soon.
> 
> How big is the file? I routinely tar/untar _very_ large source archives
> on my A500 and I see no problems. 
About 700M gzipped.


Thibaut VARENE
The PA/Linux ESIEE Team
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