From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Oct 28 17:56: 0 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from lists.blarg.net (lists.blarg.net [206.124.128.17]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 055BA37B403 for ; Sun, 28 Oct 2001 17:55:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from thig.blarg.net (thig.blarg.net [206.124.128.18]) by lists.blarg.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id A9F7EBCFE; Sun, 28 Oct 2001 17:55:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost.localdomain ([206.124.139.115]) by thig.blarg.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id RAA29067; Sun, 28 Oct 2001 17:55:57 -0800 Received: (from jojo@localhost) by localhost.localdomain (8.11.6/8.11.3) id f9T1snt49890; Sun, 28 Oct 2001 17:54:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from swear@blarg.net) To: Rob Zietlow Cc: Questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Lowlevel format References: <200110271845.f9RIjRu22977@berbee.com> From: swear@blarg.net (Gary W. Swearingen) Date: 28 Oct 2001 17:54:48 -0800 In-Reply-To: <200110271845.f9RIjRu22977@berbee.com> Message-ID: Lines: 10 User-Agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) XEmacs/21.1 (Cuyahoga Valley) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Boot a rescue floppy or CD (FreeBSD, Linux, whatever) and test your disk with available tools like dd (from /dev/random), cp, and diff. Better yet, try the RAM swap-out idea, and maybe try using the all-on-floppy version of "memtest" (find at www.freshmeat.net). Maybe try removing your case and fanning the innards while your "make" is running. Maybe try resetting your RAM chips and other such tactics. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message