On Thu, Nov 18, 2004 at 10:45:53 -0500, Tom Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > G u i d o B a r o s i o <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I am worry about a hardware problem. > > I think you're right. badblocks (for disk) and memtest86 (for RAM) > are the tools I've seen recommended most often for narrowing down > what's gone flaky.
smartmontools can also be useful for checking disks. Doing regular selftests will be less resource intensive then doing read checks with badblocks. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly