[Novalug] Ubuntu crashed and burned...

[Mike Shade]

Ditto on the bad RAM.  Try running memtest86 for a few hours, this is the
hallmark of that problem :)

On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 9:49 PM, Ken Kauffman <kkauffman at headfog.com> wrote:

> If it was running fine, I'd look at the hardware first before mucking with
> the OS and data.  Bad RAM can have strange effects if not completely shot.
> Also, a failing motherboard can create odd conditions.  Then check disk.
>
> Ken
>
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 21:23, Igor Birman <igor_birman at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> I have an Ubuntu server that I use for my business.  It is mainly used as
>> a Samba server, runs sshd, burns CDs, and connects to a VPN - basic stuff.
>> Today it would not stay connected to the network.  I tried to re-start the
>> network via the commandline and got a segmentation fault.  The hard drive
>> seems ok - fsck returned a clean report.  The server had been up for 32 days
>> since the last reboot.  I tried re-booting the system and got segmentation
>> faults loading the system.
>>
>> I booted with a live CD and backed up the /etc directory, and then
>> installed Ubuntu 8.10 over top of the existing partition.  I then installed
>> samba and copied back the smb.conf file and samba is working.
>>
>> My question is, what next?  Can I just copy back the passwd and groups
>> files?  Anything else I should copy back to get the system working as
>> before?  Any ideas what could have caused this?
>>
>> At least it only took 15 minutes to re-install the OS - would have taken a
>> few hours with Windows..
>>
>> Igor
>>
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