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Debian is a free operating system (OS) for your computer. An operating system is the set of basic programs and utilities that make your computer run. Debian provides more than a pure OS: it comes with over 59000 packages, precompiled software bundled up in a nice format for easy installation on your machine.

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What to do after a crash? (lemmy.pt)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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My system seems to crash from time to time. I still don't know what causes it.

If I leave it untouched for a few hours, sometimes, it crashes.

To resume, I have to force a reboot by unplugging the power cable (not even pressing the power button for N seconds seems to work).

Then, it seems to work just fine (after displaying some error messages about lost or orphaned inodes at boot). Until, one day, it happens again. When? I never know. It seems to follow some strange and unpredictable pattern.

Where should I start investigating?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

How old is that PC? Anything newer than 10 years (and not a bargain bin prebuilt) shouldn't have this issue cause it should have a backup BIOS.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

I can't remember when I bought it, it must be newer than that, but concerning the "bargain bin prebuilt" status... It certainly was cheap. That's why I bought it.