Hi, I seem to have a problem with compiling the kernel 2.4.13 on redhat 7.2? It would compile fine but have errors about ext3 support on reboot. I download ext3-2.4-0.9.13-2413.gz to my linux machine to enable it be useful with ext3 support but when I try to gunzip it with the instructions gunzip < ~/ext3-2.4-0.9.13-2413.gz | patch -p1 i get gunzip: stdin: not in gzip format I get an error. I wonder if you know a way to fix this problem or apply the patch to the kernel so I may use it. Thanks Will
Try zcat ~/ext3-2.4-0.9.13-2413.gz | patch -p1 --- Dan Chen crimsun@email.unc.edu GPG key: www.cs.unc.edu/~chenda/pubkey.gpg.asc On Tue, 30 Oct 2001, William Boyle wrote:> Hi, > > I seem to have a problem with compiling the kernel 2.4.13 on redhat 7.2? It would compile fine but have errors about ext3 support on reboot. > I download ext3-2.4-0.9.13-2413.gz to my linux machine to enable it be useful with ext3 support but when I try to gunzip it > with the instructions > > gunzip < ~/ext3-2.4-0.9.13-2413.gz | patch -p1 i get gunzip: stdin: not in gzip format > > I get an error. I wonder if you know a way to fix this problem or apply the patch to the kernel so I may use it. > > Thanks > Will >
sorry, zcat gives me the same "not in gzip format" error ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel T. Chen" <crimsun@email.unc.edu> To: "William Boyle" <wboyle@vt.edu> Cc: <ext3-users@redhat.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 1:06 AM Subject: Re: ext3 patch does not want to gunzip> Try zcat ~/ext3-2.4-0.9.13-2413.gz | patch -p1 > > --- > Dan Chen crimsun@email.unc.edu > GPG key: www.cs.unc.edu/~chenda/pubkey.gpg.asc > > On Tue, 30 Oct 2001, William Boyle wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I seem to have a problem with compiling the kernel 2.4.13 on redhat 7.2?It would compile fine but have errors about ext3 support on reboot.> > I download ext3-2.4-0.9.13-2413.gz to my linux machine to enable it beuseful with ext3 support but when I try to gunzip it> > with the instructions > > > > gunzip < ~/ext3-2.4-0.9.13-2413.gz | patch -p1 i get gunzip: stdin: notin gzip format> > > > I get an error. I wonder if you know a way to fix this problem or applythe patch to the kernel so I may use it.> > > > Thanks > > Will > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Ext3-users mailing list > Ext3-users@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ext3-users
> William Boyle wrote: > > Hi, > > I seem to have a problem with compiling the kernel 2.4.13 on redhat > 7.2? It would compile fine but have errors about ext3 support on reboot.What errors?> I download ext3-2.4-0.9.13-2413.gz to my linux machine to enable it be > useful with ext3 support but when I try to gunzip it with the instructions > > gunzip < ~/ext3-2.4-0.9.13-2413.gz | patch -p1Perhaps your browser uncompressed it for you? file ~/ext3-2.4-0.9.13-2413.gz patch -p1 < ~/ext3-2.4-0.9.13-2413.gz
You used netscape to download the patch right? Netscape already uncompressed it for you. mv ext3-2.4-0.9.13-2413.gz ext3-2.4-0.9.13-2413 cd /usr/src/linux cat /path/to/ext3-2.4-0.9.13-2413 | patch -p1 On Tue, 30 Oct 2001, William Boyle wrote:> Hi, > > I seem to have a problem with compiling the kernel 2.4.13 on redhat 7.2? It would compile fine but have errors about ext3 support on reboot. > I download ext3-2.4-0.9.13-2413.gz to my linux machine to enable it be useful with ext3 support but when I try to gunzip it > with the instructions > > gunzip < ~/ext3-2.4-0.9.13-2413.gz | patch -p1 i get gunzip: stdin: not in gzip format > > I get an error. I wonder if you know a way to fix this problem or apply the patch to the kernel so I may use it. > > Thanks > Will >-- ====================================================================Mohammad A. Haque http://www.haque.net/ mhaque@haque.net "Alcohol and calculus don't mix. Developer/Project Lead Don't drink and derive." --Unknown http://www.themes.org/ batmanppc@themes.org =====================================================================
What are you using to download it, Mozilla/Netscape? It might be gunzipped already. Try just patch -p1 <~/ext3-2.4-0.9.13-2413 after removing the .gz extension. --- Dan Chen crimsun@email.unc.edu GPG key: www.cs.unc.edu/~chenda/pubkey.gpg.asc On Tue, 30 Oct 2001, William Boyle wrote:> sorry, > > zcat gives me the same "not in gzip format" error
William Boyle wrote:> I seem to have a problem with compiling the kernel 2.4.13 on redhat 7.2? > It would compile fine but have errors about ext3 support on reboot. > I download ext3-2.4-0.9.13-2413.gz to my linux machine to enable it be > useful with ext3 support but when I try to gunzip it with the instructions > > gunzip < ~/ext3-2.4-0.9.13-2413.gz | patch -p1 i get gunzip: stdin: not in gzip format > > I get an error. I wonder if you know a way to fix this problem or apply > the patch to the kernel so I may use it.My guess would be that the web browser you used to download the patch automatically ungzipped it for you, but stupidly did not change the name to match. Try less ~/ext3-2.4-0.9.13-2413.gz and see if you get a screen of readable text; if so, the file is not compressed, and you can just hit "q" to exit less. Otherwise, less will probably say, "File may be binary", in which case you can just reply N when it asks if you want to view it anyway. If the file turns out to be uncompressed, then patch -p1 < ~/ext3-2.4-0.9.13-2413.gz should apply the patch. Craig