Now try this with that 'archive' file.
Does it list all the /var and /usr files? Or are they missing?
How can I determine what they are if they show that fast?
EDIT: yes, I used cat not zcat.
It needed extra options to be specified so I tried to use # cat archive | uncompress | cpio -ivy
Add pipe more to the end of the command and hit spacebar to step through screens; ctrl-z to exit.
Yes, that listing doesn't look right (unless your screenshot is faulty).
Try both compressed and uncompressed options to see if one of them makes sense.
Should be compressed if you used -c to create and uncompressed if you didn't.
Shall I rename the archive to put an extension .Z?
It's showing
Aechive.Z no such file or directory
cpio: can't read input: end of file encountered prior to expected end of archive.
My screenshot was a snapshot, it was moving fast.
Could rename (mv) or make another copy (cp) to .Z
No harm in trying.
Well there's a result!!!
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I did, since it didn't have any extension.
Now I scrolling through the files with space bar.
I hope its good news 
I can see /usr on the first screen.
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Yes I noticed.
But I don't know If Iām ever going to see the rest
You should be able to hold the spacebar down to get to the end quicker and see if it completes the listing without error.
Or, abort that and enter the command again without the pipe more.
I am holding.
I'm doing the same thing it was doing automatically.
I still see usr/share
It started over again and doing what I did with space bar.
Keep an eye out for the /var files.
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If that listing finishes without error, try installing that flash on the bad machine.
If the flash install fails, please post the output of:
# uname -a
from the good machine. It is possible that there's a mis-match between the flash archive version and the CD 1 version you are installing it with.
Do you still have a problem booting DVD's on the bad machine?
Regardless, keep the flash archive that you've just split plus the 'archive' section that you just listed. They'll be priceless in a disaster recovery situation. Don't delete them.
Thank you MadeInGermany, and sorry I didn't notice your comment when you replied 2 days ago!