Linux crashes when unarchiving bz2 files

ptutt · 10-13-2003, 06:56 PM

I am running Redhat 8.0 and when I try to unarchive large bz2 files (eg MythTV) the whole system crashes (no response to mouse or keyboard input) and I have to reboot.

I have reinstalled Redhat 8.0 and still get the same problem. There doesn't seem to be any consistency when the crash occurs ie sometimes at the beginning, sometimes mid way through.

I have tried using the Ark and the commandline using different options, but the same result.

My system:
duron 1100
256 MB PC133
Gigabyte KVML 266
Redhat 8.0

Please help!

jailbait · 10-13-2003, 09:21 PM

One possibility is that you may be tight for disk space and crash whenever you fill up the partition.

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ptutt · 11-24-2003, 01:07 AM

Nope, I've got about 2gig free. So that should be heaps of space. It is the MythTv source that I was trying to unarchive, but that same thing happens with some other bz2 archives, while some others work???

ugenn · 11-24-2003, 09:25 AM

1. try updating your libc and/or your kernel.
2. check ur message log for any errors any post them here.

chup · 11-24-2003, 12:37 PM

were you unzipping with a graphical program or a command-line based one?