How Linux handles hardware problems  I usually write about
various issues in Windows, because there are so many and so
frequent. Hardly do I run across major issues with Linux.  I
usually write about various issues in Windows, because there are
so many and so frequent. Hardly do I run across major issues
with Linux. Until the one I will mention here, which involves a
very rare kernel lockup. As we should all know, kernel lockups
in Linux are very rare, and in fact I can easily count the
number of instances I've seen it happen over 14 years, and keep
it under a total count of 10. They usually happen due to
hardware problems, when the kernel can no longer run. Recently,
I've seen an 10 year old server running Red Hat Linux 7.1, lock
up completely. And yes, the OS was installed on the Dell
Poweredge 2400 10 years ago, back in 2001, and has been running
just fine for many years. Never any file corruption or
slowdowns, or other issues like we see with old Windows
installations. Recently, the server was shut off ab