Re: Huge unreliability - does Linux have something to do with it?

[jerome lacoste <jerome.lacoste@gmail.com>]

Took

On Fri, 4 Feb 2005 07:18:17 -0500, Wakko Warner <wakko@animx.eu.org> 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 sometimes use it as a desktop. Thing is as I never took the time to
try to make work sw suspend, I'd rather have it running all the time
than to restart it every now and then.

While looking for a replacement disk, I've seen that some new disks
were "designed for continuous, 24/7 operation".

E.g. http://www6.tomshardware.com/storage/20030813/mini-harddisks-01.html

Not sure how good that is, but I will sure look into it...

Thanks for all who answered. If you want to further the talk, it maybe
better to take this off lkml now.

J