On Wed, 20 Sep 2006, Matthias.Pitzl@xxxxxx wrote: > Any ideas how i could check the hardware? 1. memtest86 or memtest86+ at least 8 hours 2. CPU Burn-in http://users.bigpond.net.au/cpuburn/ at least 8 hours 3. badblocks -s -v -t random /dev/sd% WARNING: this will destroy your data! 4. smartctl -a /dev/sd% Does not have to work. Sometimes needs some hacking to make it work. Dave "KernelSlacker" Jones wrote a very good article about hardware problems: http://people.redhat.com/davej/hardware-problems.txt Regards Tometzky -- ...although Eating Honey was a very good thing to do, there was a moment just before you began to eat it which was better than when you were... Winnie the Pooh