SlimServer install to NSLU2 crc errors

[dmbaker]

I have been having trouble installing SlimServer v6.5.0 on my over-clocked Unslung-6.8-beta Slug. I have followed the instructions at http://www.nslu2-linux.org/ sans DopeBear. I have not installed anything but Unslung on a 512MB thumb drive.

The problem: When I un-tar the “SlimServer_v6.5.0.tar.tar” (for some reason when Windows d/l’s the .gz file it makes in a .tar) I keep getting:

SlimServer_v6.5.0/CPAN/arch/5.8/darwin-thread-multi-2level/auto/XML/Parser/Expat/Expat.bundle
tar: Invalid tar magic
# tar: write: Broken pipe
tar: crc error
tar: Incorrect length

I have d/l’ed the file a couple of times. Depending on the d/l it will happen at different places.

Does anyone have an idea how to get around this? BTW: it took four ipkg install perl tries before I stopped getting crc errors with the ipkg install.

Thanks,
David

[geoff.sim]

I have been having trouble installing SlimServer v6.5.0 on my over-clocked Unslung-6.8-beta Slug. I have followed the instructions at http://www.nslu2-linux.org/ sans DopeBear. I have not installed anything but Unslung on a 512MB thumb drive.

The problem: When I un-tar the “SlimServer_v6.5.0.tar.tar” (for some reason when Windows d/l’s the .gz file it makes in a .tar) I keep getting:

SlimServer_v6.5.0/CPAN/arch/5.8/darwin-thread-multi-2level/auto/XML/Parser/Expat/Expat.bundle
tar: Invalid tar magic
# tar: write: Broken pipe
tar: crc error
tar: Incorrect length

I have d/l’ed the file a couple of times. Depending on the d/l it will happen at different places.

Does anyone have an idea how to get around this? BTW: it took four ipkg install perl tries before I stopped getting crc errors with the ipkg install.

Thanks,
David

Just to let you know I have done the same, but had no problems at all with the tar file.

Did you format your thumbdrive using the web interface (EXT3)?

If you are getting errors with ipkg, there is something wildly wrong - I'd unsling the NSLU2 again...

To be honest, I am thinking of reverting to a PC-based device as the NSLU2 is quite slow. However, I will give it a good testing first...

[bpa]

I'm not sure what the instruction say but the "Expat.bundle" you are trying to extract is for a Apple OSX (PPC or Intel processor) so I think it is wrong for your NSLU2

I would have thought using the Expat library within optware would be better.

[dmbaker]

Thanks Geoff,

After a lot of messing around I think I may have a bad slug. I get a lot of crc errors. I have just made this slug my webserver and am looking for a windows based solution. Though I love my little slugs, it seems a lot of work to keep it running and up to date.

David