Strange and mysterious Linux crash

Depends on the RAM you buy from Fry's. They carry Corsair now. I wouldnt buy
anything less.

Anyone that buys RAM on sale at Fry's deserves to have it die :)


----- Original Message -----
From: "der.hans" <PLUGd@LuftHans.com>
To: <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 1:01 PM
Subject: Re: Strange and mysterious Linux crash


> Am 11. Apr, 2002 schwätzte Matt Alexander so:
>
> > So my Linux box just locked up. I was running VMWare, AIM, Konq, KMail,
> > and quite a few Konsole sessions. I couldn't kill X. So, I grudgingly
> > rebooted, but I got a message about a kernel panic and not finding init.
> > Odd. So I booted from a floppy and mounted my filesystem. Here's what
I
> > found:
> >
> > /bin, /lib, and /opt are no longer directories. /bin is now a copy of
my
> > passwd file. /lib is now a copy of my group file. And /opt is another
> > copy of my passwd file. /usr/local/lib is now a copy of something that
> > looks like a sound config file, with entries like "synth:64:64:R" and
> > "pcm:64:64:P".
>
> Don't do that. It's bad for your system :).
>
> Sounds like file system corruption. What filesystem are you using? What
> kernel version? There have been a couple of issues recently and there are
> others on the list who might be able to help you with that info.
>
> Another cause of this is bad RAM. I went through that a couple of months
ago
> with 'new' RAM from Fry's. Have I mentioned on this list that one of the
> stupidest things I've ever done was buy RAM at Fry's?
>
> You can use memtest86 to test your RAM. I think it can run off a floppy.
>
> cioa,
>
> der.hans
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