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High-speed Linux machine crashes



Posted by: Yuval Shavit
Linux

Ok, so maybe cars aren’t the core business of most IT VARs. But still, when the Linux car at the Indy 500 is the first to crash, that can’t be a great sign, right? Driver Roberto Moreno hit the outside wall on turn 1 of lap 38 and eventually came in last in the race.

Roberto’s car #77 featured Linux’s mascot, Tux the penguin — the culmination of the Tux 500 project, which raised $18,308.90 to put the logo front-and-center on the car.

Oh, well. Good drivers were never Linux’s strong point.

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Avoiding a Linux crash and burn — Enterprise Linux Log  |   May 29 2007   4:49PM GMT

[...] While the Linux car may have been the first to crash at the Indy500, you don’t have to suffer the same fate. Here are some steps you can take with this tip, “Panic time: Handling those rare Linux crashes.” Or, you can take a look at our fix-it advice for Linux crashes, where Steve Best, author of Linux Debugging and Performance Tuning, helps IT managers prepare for fixing and preventing Linux crashes and discusses the art of troubleshooting. [...]


 
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