why would I blog? I don't know anything..... unless it were a means to teach me.... errr.... reinforce what I've learned. :-)~MIKE~(-: On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 12:18 PM, John J. Macey wrote: > Mike, > > Have you ever thought to Blog? > > [image: Image] > > John J. Macey / Wildwood, New Jersey > 480-242-1503/ jjmacey@jjmacey.net > > Managing Partner - JJMacey & Partners - Biotech Office: 480-242-1503 / > 623-252-1441 / Fax: 623-252-1441 > 310 E. Hand Avenue #12 Wildwood, New Jersey 08260 > http://jjmacey.net/blog > > [image: Facebook] [image: > Twitter] [image: Google Plus] > [image: Youtube] > [image: Linkedin] > [image: Pintrest] > [image: Dribbble] > [image: Skype] > > This e-mail message may contain confidential or legally privileged > information and is intended only for the use of the intended recipient(s). > Any unauthorized disclosure, dissemination, distribution, copying or the > taking of any action in reliance on the information herein is prohibited. > E-mails are not secure and cannot be guaranteed to be error free as they > can be intercepted, amended, or contain viruses. Anyone who communicates > with me, or my affiliations, by e-mail is deemed to have accepted these > risks. John J. Macey is not responsible for errors or omissions in this > message and denies any responsibility for any damage arising from the use > of e-mail. Any opinion and other statement contained in this message and > any attachment are solely those of the author and do not necessarily > represent those of the company. > On 02/02/2015 02:10 PM, Michael Havens wrote: > > thank you oh wise ones > > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 3:08 AM, Todd Millecam wrote: > >> Also, if you want to manipulate the way the kernel uses a device, you >> can usually find it under a directory like: >> >> /proc/bus/ >> or >> /sys/bus/ >> >> Using this, you can (often) deactivate a device and if the motherboard >> supports it, pull it out and replace it without rebooting the machine. >> Very handy for replacing PCI raid cards and faulty RAM without incurring >> any downtime. >> >> >> >> On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 2:47 AM, James Mcphee wrote: >> >>> which bus and slot it sits in. like if you wanted to know which card or >>> whatnot to yank. >>> >>> On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 1:48 AM, Michael Havens >>> wrote: >>> >>>> I found the answer! >>>> >>>> there is a phrase in the lshw manpage that says -short is "very much >>>> like the output of HP-UX's ioscan.' >>>> >>>> A websearch for 'HP-UX's ioscan' brings up it's man page which states: >>>> >>>> >>>> *hw path* A numerical string of hardware components, notated >>>> sequentially from the bus address to the device >>>> address. Typically, the initial number is >>>> appended by slash (*/*), to represent a bus >>>> converter (if required by your machine), and >>>> subsequent numbers are separated by periods (*.*). >>>> Each number represents the location of a hardware >>>> component on the path to the device. >>>> >>>> Could someone explain to me what 'the location of a hardware >>>> component' means? >>>> >>>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>>> >>>> On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 1:36 AM, Michael Havens >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I was wondering, I can run lshw with the -short option and it gives me >>>>> a list: >>>>> >>>>> H/W path Device Class Description >>>>> ============================================ >>>>> system Computer >>>>> /0 bus Motherboard >>>>> /0/1 memory 3888MiB System memory >>>>> /0/6 processor AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3200+ >>>>> /0/0 memory RAM memory >>>>> etc... >>>>> >>>>> does anyone know what a 'H/W path' is? >>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> James McPhee >>> jmcphe@gmail.com >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Todd Millecam >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >