From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S273584AbVBEM2n (ORCPT ); Sat, 5 Feb 2005 07:28:43 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S273581AbVBEM1u (ORCPT ); Sat, 5 Feb 2005 07:27:50 -0500 Received: from willy.net1.nerim.net ([62.212.114.60]:28944 "EHLO willy.net1.nerim.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265036AbVBEM1N (ORCPT ); Sat, 5 Feb 2005 07:27:13 -0500 Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2005 13:27:09 +0100 From: Willy Tarreau To: jerome lacoste , lkml Subject: Re: Huge unreliability - does Linux have something to do with it? Message-ID: <20050205122709.GD1850@alpha.home.local> References: <5a2cf1f605020401037aa610b9@mail.gmail.com> <20050204121817.GA7721@animx.eu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050204121817.GA7721@animx.eu.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Feb 04, 2005 at 07:18:17AM -0500, Wakko Warner wrote: > Please keep me CCd > > jerome lacoste wrote: > > particular hardware (Dell Inspiron 8100)? I run Linux on 3 other > > I have this exact same laptop. It works perfectly for me with linux. > Originally started with a 2.4 kernel and recently went to 2.6.10. The modem > works well, the video card works well even with 3D accel. I replaced the > original 30gb hdd with a 40gb (for space reasons). The only complaint about > this thing I have is the fact they used an nvidia video chip. I have seen > more than 4 months uptime on it (I used to use it as a desktop) I think it does not like being moved. A friend of mine had his one repaired several times because of either hard disk failures, backlight failure and the machine refusing to boot at all. I've never seen such unreliable hardware! Willy