IBM HS20

09.24.06 - 03:14pm
mood: meh
 
The IBM HS20 does not have a keyboard controller. This means that an APIC hardware shutdown initiated from software does not work. You would not believe how long it took me to find out why the fucking blade did not want to shutdown after an "init 0".

So the moral of the story, in order to get the OS to shutdown the blade, add a "reboot=b" into your kernel boot parameters in order to perform an alternate shutdown.

e.g.
linux mem=384M reboot=b ........

Computer Reloaded

09.21.06 - 10:13pm
mood: meh
music playing: Disco D (featuring Princess Superstar) - Fuck Me On The Dancefloor
My desktop computer has been out of commision for the past two months. Meaning that I've not done much of anything, content posting wise, on my web sites. That is until today, when I finally finished rebuilding this box.

52 Photos has gotten 2 months of pictures dumped to it. Enjoy.

Nice TV...

09.14.06 - 10:45pm
mood: meh
 
...Spiky. But mine is bigger :P

I... Love... Lamp

09.08.06 - 11:30am
mood: meh
 
Brian Fantana: I think I was in love once.
Ron Burgundy: Really? What was her name?
Brian Fantana: I don't remember.
Ron Burgundy: That's not a good start, but keep going...
Brian Fantana: She was Brazilian, or Chinese, or something weird. I met her in the bathroom of a K-Mart and we made out for hours. Then we parted ways, never to see each other again.
Ron Burgundy: I'm pretty sure that's not love.
Brian Fantana: Damn it.