From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 26 10:09:06 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 4AE9F16A401 for ; Wed, 26 Apr 2006 10:09:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ben@spooty.net) Received: from swift.swiftnames.com (swift.swiftnames.com [205.214.82.16]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE9F443D48 for ; Wed, 26 Apr 2006 10:09:05 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ben@spooty.net) Received: from cpc2-brig8-0-0-cust625.brig.cable.ntl.com ([81.98.162.114] helo=[192.168.1.101]) by swift.swiftnames.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.44) id 1FYgxD-0002w7-D0; Wed, 26 Apr 2006 04:09:03 -0600 From: Ben Paley To: Thomas Ludwig Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 10:08:58 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.1 References: <200604201017.48209.ben@spooty.net> <200604252251.07794.ben@spooty.net> <504q0gr7np.wl%tludwig@smr.ch> In-Reply-To: <504q0gr7np.wl%tludwig@smr.ch> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200604261008.59455.ben@spooty.net> X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - swift.swiftnames.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - spooty.net X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Cc: FreeBSD Questions , Dominique Goncalves 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 10:09:06 -0000 On Wednesday 26 April 2006 09:46, Thomas Ludwig wrote: > > If the problem is Apache, though, it doesn't explain the other problems > > I've been having, like the corrupted ftp uploads. Perhaps they are > > unrelated? Or perhaps Apache is not the problem? > > I recommend checking your hardware. I had a similar problem with huge > files, although unrelated to Apache. Files bigger than ~2GB would > *seem* to be corrupted. I suspect its the hard disk drive, because > lowering the ATA bus speed (atacontrol mode ad0 UDMA33) made this > problem go away (the drive is a SAMSUNG SP1614N TM100-24). This > problem occurred with different motherboard chipsets and different > versions of FreeBSD (5-stable, 6-PRERELEASE), so I really think it is > the hard disk drive. Thanks very much. In my case the files involved are very small, and it seems to be only one file at the moment, so I am hold out the hope that you're wrong - but I'll certainly check in case you're right. 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. Cheers, Ben