Well your paths of discovery are pretty educational. Getting them on a blog that could be indexed and searched could help some folks... On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 1:00 PM, Michael Havens wrote: > 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. 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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 >> > > > --------------------------------------------------- > 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 > -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen