In our current environment, we have LUNs allocated from the SAN to multiple AIX systems. In the case of the AIX blades, we use MPIO instead of Powerpath (for Multiple paths to the disks for redundancy). By default, the MPIO settings are NOT implemented in AIX, nor are disks when they are added so multiple…
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aix – updating the adapter firmware
When dealing with an AIX Operating System, there comes a time to update the device firmware. Within the o/s there is adapter firmware and system firmware. The system firmware is updated similarly, however, a reboot of the system is a standard part of the process. Note: there is typically two sides to the system firmware….
Acer revo 3610 with ArchLinux and xbmc
First step is to ensure your pacman configuration is good. So view your /etc/pacman.conf. Then do the following: pacman -Syy # (Forces a reload of the package repositories) pacman -Syu # (Update the installed packages) groupadd xbmc useradd -m -d /home/xbmc -g xbmc -G audio,video xbmc passwd xbmc New Password: xxxxx pacman -S xbmc #…