[mdlug] Lethal hardware

[Garry Stahl]

Michael Rudas wrote:
> The very first time I tried to install Linux (SuSE 8.0), it simply
> would NOT install.  The install process would fail at various points
> in different ways and a tech support request was ignored.  It turned
> out to be the USB mouse, a fancy "4D" mouse/trackball combo that was
> too smart for the installer, I guess.  USB issues crop up in strange
> ways--I've seen it with Windows, too.
>   

My son trying to use my floppy / card reader.  Windows 7 loaded a device
for every port on the thing whether it had something in it or not. 
Linux treats the whole as one device.  I ought to see what happens if I
load a floppy and an SD card at the same time.

I got a whole AMD motherboard that would not load Linux, period.  It got
took back.

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