RH7.2 install & 'invalid compressed format'
 

Hi,

I am trying to install RH7.2 on my laptop, which runs RH7.0 just fine. I created the setup disk, transferring the boot.img from disk1 to the floppy using rawrite (the same steps I used for RH7.0)

The problem is that when setup starts (and I request a new installation from the text menu), it loads vmlinuz and initrd, and them croaks on the uncompression of the kernel with the message "'invalid compressed format (err=1)' -- system halted."

Does anyone know what is going on? I reformatted the disk and transferred boot.img again, but with the same results. It does seem rather strange. Is there another source for the boot img files??

I'll guess it's broken image.

Try here for a boot.img file.

Thanks Linuxcool & Mara. You guys hit it right. I downloaded a new boot image and voila .. ;-)

Much thanks for the tip -;)

You're welcome. :)

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