From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 26 13:22:32 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B960816A40E for ; Wed, 26 Apr 2006 13:22:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wmoran@collaborativefusion.com) Received: from mx00.pub.collaborativefusion.com (mx00.pub.collaborativefusion.com [206.210.89.199]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9EA4A43D49 for ; Wed, 26 Apr 2006 13:22:28 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wmoran@collaborativefusion.com) Received: from vanquish.pgh.priv.collaborativefusion.com (vanquish.pgh.priv.collaborativefusion.com [192.168.2.61]) by wingspan with esmtp; Wed, 26 Apr 2006 09:22:27 -0400 id 00056417.444F7413.00008DD9 Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 09:22:27 -0400 From: Bill Moran To: Ben Paley 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> Organization: Collaborative Fusion X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.2.0 (GTK+ 2.8.12; i386-portbld-freebsd6.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, nick@nickwithers.com Subject: Re: Horrible: Apache corrupting files? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 13:22:32 -0000 On Wed, 26 Apr 2006 13:10:26 +0000 Ben Paley wrote: > On Wednesday 26 April 2006 10:24, Nick Withers wrote: > > On Wed, 26 Apr 2006 10:08:58 +0000 > > > > Ben Paley 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.