Wiping the cache directories works, but is only a temporary solution. I have tried 
changing the drive and ide cable but no change. With squid off, this machine is stable.
This is my squid.conf:
Two lines look a bit odd, cache_store_log none
and visible host name streamyx.
shutdown_lifetime 5 seconds
icp_port 0
http_port 10.12.10.2:800
acl QUERY urlpath_regex cgi-bin \?
no_cache deny QUERY
cache_effective_user squid
cache_effective_group squid
pid_filename /var/run/squid.pid
cache_access_log /var/log/squid/access.log
cache_log /var/log/squid/cache.log
cache_store_log none
log_mime_hdrs off
forwarded_for off
acl all src 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0
acl localhost src 127.0.0.1/255.255.255.255
acl localnet src 10.12.0.0/255.255.0.0
acl SSL_ports port 443 563 
acl Safe_ports port 80 # http 
acl Safe_ports port 21 # ftp 
acl Safe_ports port 443 563 # https, snews 
acl Safe_ports port 70 # gopher 
acl Safe_ports port 210 # wais 
acl Safe_ports port 1025-65535 # unregistered ports 
acl Safe_ports port 280 # http-mgmt 
acl Safe_ports port 488 # gss-http 
acl Safe_ports port 591 # filemaker 
acl Safe_ports port 777 # multiling http 
acl Safe_ports port 800 # Squids port (for icons) 
acl IPCop_http  port 81
acl IPCop_https port 445
acl IPCop_ip dst 10.12.10.2
acl CONNECT method CONNECT
acl banlist dstdomain "/etc/banlist" 
http_access allow         localhost
http_access allow         IPCop_ip localnet IPCop_http
http_access allow CONNECT IPCop_ip localnet IPCop_https
http_access deny          !Safe_ports 
http_access deny  CONNECT !SSL_ports
http_access deny banlist  
http_access allow         localnet 
http_access deny          all 
maximum_object_size 16384 KB
minimum_object_size 4 KB
cache_mem 10240 KB
cache_dir aufs /var/log/cache 256 16 256
request_body_max_size 0 KB
reply_body_max_size 0 allow all
visible_hostname streamyx.
httpd_accel_host virtual 
httpd_accel_port 80 
httpd_accel_with_proxy on
httpd_accel_uses_host_header on 
Received on Thu Jul 15 2004 - 03:24:35 MDT
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