Bug#134569: bf2.4: invalid compressed format (err=2), system halted

[Tom Wzietek <tom.w@myrealbox.com>]

package: boot-floppies
version: 3.0.19
severity: serious

performing a network install from a DOS partition on a laptop
(i686/550MHz/96MB/5GB/cdrom/no SCSI/no floppy) invoked by:

loadlin linux root=/dev/ram initrd=root.bin disksize=1.44 flavor=bf2.4

result:

######################
Uncompressing Linux...

invalid compressed format (err=2)

 -- System halted
######################

all other 3.0.19 flavors work fine (tested as far as bootup)
re-downloaded and doublechecked from different sources to no avail

*** the same bug was reported in #123203 but was for a different version
of the package (potato) and occured on a much older system.

thanks

-- 
Tom Wzietek <tom.w@myrealbox.com>