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A new version of the sysfs.pl tool is available. I wrote the script to walk the /sys (sysfs) hierarchy looking for SCSI disks. The software does a udevinfo -a -p on things that it sees. It can print LUNs in hex too. It’s a work in progress but I welcome feedback and suggestions.

posted by steve | Category: Current Projects

Those attending O’Reilly’s Open Source Convention later this month will be happy to know that I’m still diligently working on the presentation on the Linux kernel for system admins. The presentation is mostly ready but, as one would expect, it can always be revised. The rough layout will be something along the lines of: -Discussion of different kernel types. -Discussion of different variants of the kernel. -Modular versus monolithic. -Naughty vendors and their binary modules. [...Read more...]

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It’s been so long since I’ve posted on my blog that I’m frankly embarrassed. It’s time to clear off the cobwebs from the blog and post again. I’ve been busily doing a lot of things behind the scenes on the web server that hosts this site as well as some other servers. I just returned from a trip to Europe. The trip was excellent though tiring with the time changes, eventually 9 hours ahead of [...Read more...]

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Beginning Perl Web Development: From Novice to Professional has been translated into Spanish. I received my copies last week. Seeing the book in a different language is quite interesting since I hadn’t seen the translations for any of my previous works. Read more about the Spanish translation from the publisher’s web site.