[mythtv-users] Thank You AND follow up question re the "cd" command... Re: (Presumed) Firmware problem with Hauppage HVR-2250
Leif Pihl
leif at pihl.us
Thu Sep 12 17:27:24 UTC 2013
On Sep 12, 2013, at 11:38 AM, Gary Buhrmaster wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 4:13 PM, Leif Pihl <leif at pihl.us> wrote:
> ....
>> Follow up question:
>
> First, please learn how to bottom/inline post.
>
>> Could any of you pose a guess as to why my friend advised me to do use the command:
>> cd /usr/local/lib/firmware
>> instead of
>> cd /lib/firmware
>
> You need better friends? :-) More seriously, the divergent history
> of Unix(tm) variants means that various implementations used
> different directories to store/find the equivalent files. Where
> the firmware goes for any particular distribution can only be
> determined by reading the documentation and/or source.
> I believe that (at least some variants of) debian
DING! DING! DING!
He could be described as an advocate for Debian.
That may be it right there.
> will search
> /usr/local/lib/firmware. Your friend, perhaps, should have
> asked what distribution/version you are running.
>
> Gary
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