[kclug] "invalid compressed format (err=1)"

[Brian Kelsay]

Try setting the drive for ata 100 or lower, if possible, until after the 
install.  Then you can tweak hdparm.  Just a thought.
Brian

Chris Hoelscher wrote:

> tag-on question... Does RH9 support ata133?  Got WinXP loaded o.k., and
> a "Linuxcare" emergency CD loads, Dr.Dos from Caldera (the Maxtor boot
> disk) work, but RH 8, RH 9, and Suse Live-Eval all choke on
> uncompressing...
> 
> Also, ran a memory check (extensive one that comes with Suse Live-Eval)
> and it ran over and over with no errors - RAM seems to be fine.
> 
> Last thing I checked is MD5SUM on the ISO image, and it's perfect.... 
> 
> Any good ideas?
> 
> Thanks -
> 
> 
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> 
> Subject:
> [kclug] "invalid compressed format (err=1)"
> From:
> Chris Hoelscher <mohoelx at sbcglobal.net>
> Date:
> 19 Jul 2003 14:04:39 -0500
> To:
> kclug at kclug.org
> 
> 
> Loading up a new system with RH 9, and when I boot the install CD, I get
> the selection screen o.k., and no matter what options I select
> (graphical, text, noprobe, etc) I get the following error;
> 
> invalid compressed format (err=1)
> 
> Done some Google and RH Support searches, but not finding anything very
> recent nor very definitive...  Lots of "Dude, try this - it might help".
> 
> I used this CD to update my existing system from RH 8 to 9, but on the
> chance that the CD had issues, I went ahead and burned a new copy - same
> story.
> 
> Any good suggestions?
> 
> Using the following;
> Shuttle AK39N
> DDR333 ram
> Athlon XP 2000
> Nvidea 440sx video