Ok, but how to test my hard drive or memory? Are there any good programs available? Jeroen On Friday 30 April 2004 16:46, James Kosin wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > J.L. Coenders wrote: > | bzip2 gives similar errors when testing. It seems the backup file gets > | corrupted somehow. > | Does anyone know how to check the integrity of the original files? > | > | Jeroen > > I think maybe you have hard drive or memory errors causing this. tar is > a very simple and well tested command. If you can't create and test a > file you created yourself it means that there are bigger problems. > > Good Luck, > James > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (MingW32) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFAkma/c7lFLjBWKW0RAgiDAJ98L3HwS/ij0bwpkbMpFKH80R/fOwCgmmjn > lxE5hsvsU5bvTwhROhvOqp8= > =Bwvw > -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----