From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 26 13:10:33 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 AEE8816A401 for ; Wed, 26 Apr 2006 13:10:33 +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 62DB543D48 for ; Wed, 26 Apr 2006 13:10:33 +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 1FYjmo-0004qF-Lt; Wed, 26 Apr 2006 07:10:30 -0600 From: Ben Paley To: Nick Withers Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 13:10:26 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.1 References: <200604201017.48209.ben@spooty.net> <200604261008.59455.ben@spooty.net> <20060426202457.e6bb41c2.nick@nickwithers.com> In-Reply-To: <20060426202457.e6bb41c2.nick@nickwithers.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200604261310.27904.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@freebsd.org 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 13:10:33 -0000 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. Cheers, Ben