Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Fri, 7 Feb 1997 15:25:02 -0500 (EST) | From | Simon Karpen <> | Subject | Re: reliability |
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I can say that I've never had a crash that was software caused since 1.1.something. That was even only caused by trying to get ftape to work with buggy hardware :)
However, I have seen a decent number of crashes (especially the reset button type) that were caused by dodgy hardware. right now i'm dealing with a supermicro p5 board that is way too electrically sensitive, and i can cause hardware lockups by running the ide cables too close to it.
i've seen marginal clone PCs (acer, packard bell) also have problems caused by substandard hardware, and i've seen problems caused by slightly marginal non-parity RAM. i'd say hardware causes far, far more crashes with Linux than software. now with lose95...
Simon Karpen karpes@rpi.edu, slk@acm.rpi.edu, slk@karpes.stu.rpi.edu When you say "I wrote a program that crashed Windows", people just stare at you blankly and say "Hey, I got those with the system, *for free*" --Linus Torvalds
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