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" To: 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 > -- > # This line intentionally left blank. > # Help Jerry Lewis stamp out M$...oops that's MDA - der.hans > > ________________________________________________ > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >