Bug 82111

Summary:	TAR STAGE3:stage3-sparc64-2004.3.tar.bz2 ERROR corrupt
Product:	Gentoo Release Media	Reporter:	vincent besson <vincent>
Component:	Everything	Assignee:	Gentoo LiveCD Package Maintainers <livecd>
Status:	RESOLVED NEEDINFO
Severity:	blocker
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	Sparc
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description vincent besson 2005-02-15 05:04:57 UTC

Hi, 
Trying to install gentoo on a sparc e3000, i am following the installation instruction 
when i try to install the Stage3 file i am getting the following error 
gentoo # tar -xjpf stage3-sparc64-2004.3.tar.bz2
tar: Unrecognised file type 

Could someone help me 

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.gentoo gentoo # tar -xjpf stage3-sparc64-2004.3.tar.bz2
tar: Unrecognised file type

Actual Results:  
I can not go further with the installation

Expected Results:  
decompress all the file inside the archive

Comment 1 Gustavo Zacarias (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-02-15 05:13:16 UTC

Please, don't go all critical/blocker without giving ANY info.
I assume you're using netboot, since there's a problem from busybox's tar not being able to understand newer tar files.
First, netboot is experimental at the moment.
Having said that, you can fetch (wget for instance) a statically compiled gnu tar from my devspace at http://dev.gentoo.org/~gustavoz/sparc/
Use that tar to open up the stage file of your choice.
If you're using a livecd you probably have read errors on the cdrom if using the stage from the livecd, or your stage download is wrong.
You can check this with dmesg, you'll see read errors at the end.