Comments on: space station computers rebooted; running windows? http://evilrouters.net/2007/06/14/space-station-computers-rebooted-running-windows/ im in ur datacentrz configurin' ur routerz Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:46:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Chris Stinson http://evilrouters.net/2007/06/14/space-station-computers-rebooted-running-windows/comment-page-1/#comment-129 Chris Stinson Sat, 16 Jun 2007 08:13:12 +0000 http://www.jeremygaddis.com/2007/06/14/space-station-computers-rebooted-running-windows/#comment-129 <p>"after failing the day before"</p> <p>The problem is they were using Windows on a Dell Machine. The hardware failed (surprise) and when they the new processor/board in, the processor HAL in Windows wasn't the same so Windows failed to boot.</p> <p>Or, a flipside, using a linux joke:</p> <p>One could argue the reason why it took so long to get back up and running is because it took 16 hours to recompile the linux kernel.</p> <p>:)</p> “after failing the day before”

The problem is they were using Windows on a Dell Machine. The hardware failed (surprise) and when they the new processor/board in, the processor HAL in Windows wasn’t the same so Windows failed to boot.

Or, a flipside, using a linux joke:

One could argue the reason why it took so long to get back up and running is because it took 16 hours to recompile the linux kernel.

:)

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