Re: Potato boot floppies on Mac getting "invalid compressed format"
> > invalid compressed format (err=2)
> > Error:
> > Unable to read exec header from kernel file (sread error)
> Hmm, when I try to boot my amiga with this kernel image, I get:
> Compressed image too large! Aborting.
>
> Is this equivalent to your error code?
>
> Seems we have a problem, Michael?
Seems you guys have a problem, yes. I assume you unpacked the
macinstall.tgz, and now try to use the kernel file that came out of it as
kernel?
There's a gzip and tar for MacOS, so please try to use these tools instead
of StuffIt expander. I've never tried StuffIt expander on tar archives,
maybe something got messed up there.
I have no m68k Mac, so please don't expect me to test any of this.
> I only wonder what all the mac people who tested the install did. Did you
> all use a different kernel image? Maybe somebody can build a working kernel
> image? Preferably 2.2.10, everything else requires major hacking on the
> boot-floppies (it might work to use a newer source, but the package must be
> named kernel-image_2.2.10-*).
The kernel image works for all I know. I guess the problem is with
unpacking the tarball on MacOS. The tarball itself is OK as I've not heard
any complaints about the kernel on the CD being broken.
All this assuming someone actually tested the CD. I've only loopback
mounted it to make sure there's a HFS partition on it.
Michael
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