Linux and Proliant ML350 G2

Just today, I was working on converting a Proliant ML350 G2 server from running Windows Server 2000 to a Linux distribution. I noticed several people had this same problem with various flavors of Linux, and I did not find a legitimate workaround that did not involve a noapic option. I was getting an error that involved this line: MP-BIOS bug: 8254 timer not connected to IO-APIC.

I did find a workaround. It’s not that creative. I went to the HP/Compaq website and ran all the BIOS and firmware updates. The install went through without issue after that.

bash: cap: command not found

This post is just an FYI for those trying to use Capistrano on Ubuntu Feisty and running into the same problem I had. I had trouble finding specific information on the topic, thus this post.

I recently tried to use Cap on Ubuntu, and it would not work. I already had ruby and gems installed, having installed them using apt-get. I installed capistrano using the gem install capistrano. I could run gem list and capistrano was installed. All of my other gems worked fine.

When I checked the status of Capistrano using cap -h, I go the error bash: cap: command not found. After doing some searching, I found out how to fix it. Open ~/.bashrc using your favorite text editor. At the end of the file, add these lines:

#The following sets the path for Capistrano
export PATH=$PATH:/var/lib/gems/1.8/bin

Save the file and reboot. Capistrano should work now.