my blog has been up 1.5 hours and already has 11 views! :-)~MIKE~(-: On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 2:38 PM, Michael Havens wrote: > 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 >> > >