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      dragon57
      last edited by

      The files in the archive are VMware image files. The archive was created by selecting the original directory and choosing the split option using the ‘DVD’ size for the split size. Here is a listing from the zip via PA’s print to txt file option:

      Archive Contents

      Name: CentOS 5 64-bit - coelin1 split.zip
      Size: 428,353Kb
      Decompressed Size: 43,178,255Kb
      37 files in archive:

      –----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Name | Size | Packed | Modified | Path

      Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s001.vmdk2,015,232,000 369,766,491 9/21/2009 11:19 AM CentOS 5 64-bit - coelin1
      Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s002.vmdk2,083,323,904 886,771,594 9/21/2009 11:19 AM CentOS 5 64-bit - coelin1
      Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s003.vmdk2,081,226,752 975,068,917 9/21/2009 11:19 AM CentOS 5 64-bit - coelin1
      Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s004.vmdk1,866,072,064 616,402,273 9/21/2009 11:19 AM CentOS 5 64-bit - coelin1
      Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s005.vmdk120,782,848 20,722,858 9/21/2009 11:19 AM CentOS 5 64-bit - coelin1
      Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s006.vmdk324,141,056 102,168,736 9/21/2009 11:19 AM CentOS 5 64-bit - coelin1
      Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s007.vmdk1,457,127,424 110,120,113 9/21/2009 11:19 AM CentOS 5 64-bit - coelin1
      Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s008.vmdk1,235,353,600 43,761,783 9/21/2009 11:19 AM CentOS 5 64-bit - coelin1
      Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s009.vmdk418,775,040 80,950,089 9/21/2009 11:19 AM CentOS 5 64-bit - coelin1
      Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s010.vmdk919,273,472 33,800,200 9/21/2009 11:19 AM CentOS 5 64-bit - coelin1
      Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s011.vmdk621,019,136 92,230,750 9/21/2009 11:19 AM CentOS 5 64-bit - coelin1
      Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s012.vmdk232,062,976 34,575,850 9/21/2009 11:19 AM CentOS 5 64-bit - coelin1
      Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s013.vmdk247,988,224 81,362,674 9/21/2009 11:19 AM CentOS 5 64-bit - coelin1
      Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s014.vmdk1,548,877,824 471,460,896 9/21/2009 11:19 AM CentOS 5 64-bit - coelin1
      Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s015.vmdk2,082,209,792 844,274,693 9/21/2009 11:19 AM CentOS 5 64-bit - coelin1
      Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s016.vmdk15,794,176 2,098,525 9/21/2009 11:19 AM CentOS 5 64-bit - coelin1
      Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s017.vmdk2,064,908,288 324,214,369 9/21/2009 11:19 AM CentOS 5 64-bit - coelin1
      Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s018.vmdk2,081,685,504 971,310,281 9/21/2009 11:19 AM CentOS 5 64-bit - coelin1
      Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s019.vmdk2,081,226,752 712,477,947 9/21/2009 11:19 AM CentOS 5 64-bit - coelin1
      Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s020.vmdk2,081,292,288 417,451,585 9/21/2009 11:19 AM CentOS 5 64-bit - coelin1
      Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s021.vmdk2,080,702,464 284,169,554 9/21/2009 11:19 AM CentOS 5 64-bit - coelin1
      Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s022.vmdk2,080,702,464 411,645,241 9/21/2009 11:19 AM CentOS 5 64-bit - coelin1
      Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s023.vmdk2,076,704,768 133,238,914 9/21/2009 11:19 AM CentOS 5 64-bit - coelin1
      Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s024.vmdk2,080,964,608 362,522,687 9/21/2009 11:19 AM CentOS 5 64-bit - coelin1
      Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s025.vmdk2,080,702,464 445,283,575 9/21/2009 11:19 AM CentOS 5 64-bit - coelin1
      Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s026.vmdk2,080,702,464 378,032,796 9/21/2009 11:19 AM CentOS 5 64-bit - coelin1
      Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s027.vmdk2,080,899,072 244,439,398 9/21/2009 11:19 AM CentOS 5 64-bit - coelin1
      Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s028.vmdk2,080,702,464 255,875,701 9/21/2009 11:19 AM CentOS 5 64-bit - coelin1
      Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s029.vmdk1,718,157,312 113,931,815 9/21/2009 11:19 AM CentOS 5 64-bit - coelin1
      Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s030.vmdk273,743,872 14,456,010 9/21/2009 11:19 AM CentOS 5 64-bit - coelin1
      Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s031.vmdk2,097,152 35,441 9/21/2009 11:19 AM CentOS 5 64-bit - coelin1
      Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s032.vmdk65,536 97 9/21/2009 11:19 AM CentOS 5 64-bit - coelin1
      Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit.nvram8,684 1,209 9/21/2009 11:19 AM CentOS 5 64-bit - coelin1
      Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit.vmdk2,392 472 9/14/2009 12:41 PM CentOS 5 64-bit - coelin1
      Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit.vmsd573 323 6/18/2009 10:12 AM CentOS 5 64-bit - coelin1
      Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit.vmx2,940 1,059 9/14/2009 12:38 PM CentOS 5 64-bit - coelin1
      Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit.vmxf288 244 9/3/2009 9:06 AM CentOS 5 64-bit - coelin1\

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        Mili conexware @dragon57
        last edited by

        deflate method with maximum compression?

        anything else checkmarked other than “include system and hidden files”?

        and, mode selected for spanning? (you can see it in the drop down menu below the span size options.

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          dragon57
          last edited by

          Method is Bzip2, compression is normal. The file was split using Winzip (I don’t see a split/span mode type option in Winzip).

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            spwolf conexware
            last edited by

            what version of PA are you using exactly?

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              dragon57
              last edited by

              11.60.20

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                spwolf conexware
                last edited by

                and do you know what version of WinZip? And what settings did you use? So we can try to re-create the archive.

                thanks

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                  dragon57
                  last edited by

                  The flow is rather strange. The archive was originally created with 7zip using Method=Bzip2, compression=normal. The archive was one large file.

                  After the archive was created it was transferred across a wan where it was decided it should be split. The user only had Winzip 11.2 (build 8094) and split the file into DVD sized files.

                  I can unzip the split archive on my local machine using 7zip, Winzip, and Winrar. The only problem is with the latest build of PA.

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                    spwolf conexware
                    last edited by

                    hm, i have to find some older WZ because latest versions report an error when splitting large zip created with 7zip.

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                      drteeth @spwolf
                      last edited by

                      @spwolf:

                      hm, i have to find some older WZ because latest versions report an error when splitting large zip created with 7zip.

                      http://www.oldversion.com/WinZip.html

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                        dragon57
                        last edited by

                        Is the new 11.60 build release today supposed to address this? If so, it still hangs. If not, never mind :).

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                          spwolf conexware
                          last edited by

                          nope, could not reproduce.

                          are these vmware image files downloadable somewhere? i have tried creating similar example, but everything worked fine. It might be something that was special to files compressed.

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                            dragon57
                            last edited by

                            No, the image files are not distributable. I will see if I can come up with a reproducible scenario and set of accompanying steps.

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                              spwolf conexware @dragon57
                              last edited by

                              @dragon57:

                              No, the image files are not distributable. I will see if I can come up with a reproducible scenario and set of accompanying steps.

                              that would definetly help us solve the issue…. i created several similar files (filename and filesize), compressed it to bzip, normal in 7z and then spanned it in WZ and works fine here. It probably is more specific that simple spanning on bzip does not work.

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                                dragon57
                                last edited by

                                I just recreated the problem using the rfdc tool I referenced in this post:
                                http://www.powerarchiver.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3959

                                I created a directory called ‘CentOS 5 64-bit - coelin1’. Inside this directory I ran these commands:
                                rdfc “Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s001.vmdk” 2015232000
                                rdfc “Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s002.vmdk” 2083323904
                                rdfc “Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s003.vmdk” 2081226752
                                rdfc “Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s004.vmdk” 1866072064
                                rdfc “Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s005.vmdk” 120782848
                                rdfc “Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s006.vmdk” 324141056
                                rdfc “Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s007.vmdk” 1457127424
                                rdfc “Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s008.vmdk” 1235353600
                                rdfc “Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s009.vmdk” 418775040
                                rdfc “Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s010.vmdk” 919273472
                                rdfc “Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s011.vmdk” 621019136
                                rdfc “Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s012.vmdk” 232062976
                                rdfc “Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s013.vmdk” 247988224
                                rdfc “Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s014.vmdk” 1548877824
                                rdfc “Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s015.vmdk” 2082209792
                                rdfc “Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s016.vmdk” 15794176
                                rdfc “Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s017.vmdk” 2064908288
                                rdfc “Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s018.vmdk” 2081685504
                                rdfc “Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s019.vmdk” 2081226752
                                rdfc “Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s020.vmdk” 2081292288
                                rdfc “Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s021.vmdk” 2080702464
                                rdfc “Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s022.vmdk” 2080702464
                                rdfc “Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s023.vmdk” 2076704768
                                rdfc “Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s024.vmdk” 2080964608
                                rdfc “Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s025.vmdk” 2080702464
                                rdfc “Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s026.vmdk” 2080702464
                                rdfc “Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s027.vmdk” 2080899072
                                rdfc “Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s028.vmdk” 2080702464
                                rdfc “Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s029.vmdk” 1718157312
                                rdfc “Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s030.vmdk” 273743872
                                rdfc “Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s031.vmdk” 2097152
                                rdfc “Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit-s032.vmdk” 65536
                                rdfc “Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit.nvram” 8684
                                rdfc “Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit.vmdk” 2392
                                rdfc “Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit.vmsd” 573
                                rdfc “Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit.vmx” 2940
                                rdfc “Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit.vmxf” 288

                                I then used 7zip to create a zip file using the settings mentioned earlier in this post. Next, I used Winzip to split this zip into DVD sized files. Finally, I used PA to unzip the split zip. PA eventually hung trying to unzip the split files.

                                Hopefully you can recreate the problem using these steps.

                                Let me know if you have any questions.

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                                  spwolf conexware
                                  last edited by

                                  reproduced! :-)

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                                    dragon57
                                    last edited by

                                    Great!

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                                      spwolf conexware
                                      last edited by

                                      PA 2010 11.60.25 is here:
                                      http://bit.ly/4snT7H

                                      check it out and see if it solves your issue.
                                      It seems that split bz2 zip files were not properly supported!

                                      thanks

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                                        dragon57
                                        last edited by

                                        Works!

                                        Many, many thanks.

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                                          spwolf conexware @dragon57
                                          last edited by

                                          @dragon57:

                                          Works!

                                          Many, many thanks.

                                          thank you for reproducible reports :-)

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                                            dragon57
                                            last edited by

                                            Luckily I have ocd when it comes to details :).

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