started a blog: http://thesimplefromthesimple.blogspot.com/ :-)~MIKE~(-: On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 2:14 PM, Stephen Partington wrote: > 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 > > > --------------------------------------------------- > 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 >