Some Assistance

I want to thank Steve for the suggestions on the last post. Unfortunately, I don't quite understand what we're trying to do, and I'm getting an error on the 2nd command.

ls *.ko | sed s/.ko$ | awk {'print "modprobe "$1'} | sh

Gives this error:

sed: -e expression #1, char 6: unterminated `s' command

I'm digging through the sed manual pages, but I haven't got it yet.

In other news, I've been thinking about how this could be a power setting problem - maybe the system was hibernating because of a lack of activity (although the CPU and disk are quite active). I checked the BIOS settings and found that the Power Saver mode was set to 'Advanced'. I changed it to disabled, but the problem is still there. The screen blanks a minute or two before the error appears, and when it does, both the file copy and the PuTTY session disconnect.

I will get some better times to see if there is a consistent problem.