From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 13 09:12:44 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 858C716A501 for ; Wed, 13 Sep 2006 09:12:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (lurza.secnetix.de [83.120.8.8]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6117343D45 for ; Wed, 13 Sep 2006 09:12:43 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (mrgrip@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k8D9CaQN063257; Wed, 13 Sep 2006 11:12:42 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from oliver.fromme@secnetix.de) Received: (from olli@localhost) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.13.4/8.13.1/Submit) id k8D9CaUP063256; Wed, 13 Sep 2006 11:12:36 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from olli) Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 11:12:36 +0200 (CEST) Message-Id: <200609130912.k8D9CaUP063256@lurza.secnetix.de> From: Oliver Fromme To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, jonathan@kc8onw.net In-Reply-To: <450752F6.4050109@kc8onw.net> X-Newsgroups: list.freebsd-stable User-Agent: tin/1.8.0-20051224 ("Ronay") (UNIX) (FreeBSD/4.11-STABLE (i386)) X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.1.2 (lurza.secnetix.de [127.0.0.1]); Wed, 13 Sep 2006 11:12:42 +0200 (CEST) Cc: Subject: Re: Anyone??? (was Reproducible data corruption on 6.1-Stable) X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, jonathan@kc8onw.net List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 09:12:44 -0000 Jonathan Stewart wrote: > I set up a new server recently and transferred all the information from > my old server over. I tried to use unison to synchronize the backup of > pictures I have taken and noticed that a large number of pictures where > marked as changed on the server. After checking the pictures by hand I > confirmed that many of the pictures on the server were corrupted. I > attempted to use unison to update the files on the server with the > correct local copies but it would fail on almost all the files with the > message "destination updated during synchronization." > > It appears the corruption happens during the read process because when I > recompare the files in a graphical diff tool between cache flushes the > differences move around!?!?!? The differences also appear to be very > small for the most part, single bytes scattered throughout the file. I > really have no idea what is causing the problem and would like to pin it > down so I can either replace hardware if it's bad or fix whatever the > bug is. That very much sounds like bad RAM, or overclocked CPU or bus. I assume you do not overclock, so I recommend you replace your RAM modules and check if the symptoms are gone. Also check your BIOS settings for the RAM timings. Setting the timings to more conservative values might already solve the problem. Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing Dienstleistungen mit Schwerpunkt FreeBSD: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd Any opinions expressed in this message may be personal to the author and may not necessarily reflect the opinions of secnetix in any way. "Clear perl code is better than unclear awk code; but NOTHING comes close to unclear perl code" (taken from comp.lang.awk FAQ)