Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 13:59:26 +0000 From: Doug Ledford <dledford@redhat.com> To: Stephane Bortzmeyer <stephane@sources.org> Cc: aic7xxx@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: File corruption: how to find the guilty? Message-ID: <3677BCBE.46D77E3B@redhat.com> References: <199812161347.OAA02367@ludwigV.sources.org>
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Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote:
>
> I have a Linux box which shows random corruption of files. Example: all Perl
> scripts suddenly die with "segmentation fault". Reinstalling the same Perl
> package cures it. Two days ago, /etc/resolv.conf became corrupted : strange
> characters were in it.
>
> I wonder what to do? Change the disk? The SCSI controller? The kernel?
>
> I run Linux 2.0.35 (Debian distribution 2.0), patched for the Adaptec driver
> 5.1.2. Here is the configuration:
It's memory corruption. I've seen this float through this list or that about
30 different times in the past. Not once has it ever been a kernel or driver
issue. In *every* case it has been either RAM, cache, or CPU. Check the CPU
fan, check the cache (if it isn't part of the CPU) and check your RAM.
--
Doug Ledford <dledford@redhat.com>
Opinions expressed are my own, but
they should be everybody's.
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