Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 09:22:27 -0400 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> To: Ben Paley <ben@spooty.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, nick@nickwithers.com Subject: Re: Horrible: Apache corrupting files? Message-ID: <20060426092227.d84ea37b.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> In-Reply-To: <200604261310.27904.ben@spooty.net> References: <200604201017.48209.ben@spooty.net> <200604261008.59455.ben@spooty.net> <20060426202457.e6bb41c2.nick@nickwithers.com> <200604261310.27904.ben@spooty.net>
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On Wed, 26 Apr 2006 13:10:26 +0000 Ben Paley <ben@spooty.net> wrote: > On Wednesday 26 April 2006 10:24, Nick Withers wrote: > > On Wed, 26 Apr 2006 10:08:58 +0000 > > > > Ben Paley <ben@spooty.net> wrote: > > > Could anyone give me a hint as to how to get started checking the > > > hardware? It's a Dell Inspiron 6000 laptop. I really don't have the > > > foggiest idea what to look for or what to check - I've never had any > > > problems with it before. > > > > You might want to have a gander at Memtest86 > > (http://www.memtest86.com/, /usr/ports/sysutils/memtest86) for > > memory testing, I reckon this should be your first port of call. > > Thanks a lot for the advice. Unfortunately I can't run it as I have no floppy > drive (unless there's another way? I seem to remember it's possible to make a > bootable usb flash drive...). I ran sysutils/memtest with no errors, for > whatever that's worth. memtest86 is also available as a bootable CD. How long did you run it for? I don't trust the results unless I let it run for at least 8 hours. _Any_ errors are bad, especially on a server. The bootable versions (CD or floppy) are better because they can test more of the machine's memory. I don't know of any ready-to-go images for USB, but it should be possible to create one ... -- Bill Moran Collaborative Fusion Inc.
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