From owner-freebsd-questions Sun May 13 3:34:44 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from gscamnlm03.wr.usgs.gov (gscamnlm03.wr.usgs.gov [130.118.4.113]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5CC6337B423; Sun, 13 May 2001 03:34:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rsowders@usgs.gov) To: Patrick Klee Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Trying DESPEATELY to instal some kind of FreeBSD X-Mailer: Lotus Notes Release 5.0.3 March 21, 2000 Message-ID: From: "Robert L Sowders" Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 03:34:35 -0700 X-MIMETrack: Serialize by Router on gscamnlm03/SERVER/USGS/DOI(Release 5.0.3 |March 21, 2000) at 05/13/2001 03:34:38 AM, Serialize complete at 05/13/2001 03:34:38 AM MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG What kind of modem is it? External or internal? PCI or IDE? Most IDE modems had com port jumpers on the card. Most PCI modems com ports are decided by the bios or the OS. You can try moving your modem to another open slot and then in the bios resetting the ESCD. You can also turn off the bios feature that asks if you have a Plug and Play OS and set the IRQ yourself. Don't forget to reset the ESCD when you do. Pay attention to the display when you first boot the CD and look for the modem line. Write down what it says and get back to us. I'll take the Witchblade comics, she's hot. Patrick Klee Sent by: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG 05/12/2001 06:13 PM To: cc: Subject: Trying DESPEATELY to instal some kind of FreeBSD Hi, Here's the situation: I have a copy of FreeBSD 3.2 on a 4 CD set from Walnut Creek and a 4.2 CD from a friend. The 4.2 CD is not working, and locks up in the middle of an install. I went back to 3.2 and it works great. I want to upgrade, but I don't know how to get the modem to work. I have a choice of COM5 and my modem is on COM2. No matter where I put it it is ALWAYS on COM2. Next, if I can figure out how to tell BSD 3.2 to find my US Robotics 56k modem. Then I need to know what tools ar availible to upgrade to 4.3 maybe even an unstable version if I am feeling ballsy. If ANYONE can answer my two questons, I would happily send some Witchblade comics and/or Mountain Dew. I am at wits end, if someone could recommend an IRC server and channel for help with FreeBSD, I would appriciate that as well. Best regards, Patrick AKA MistrP on IRC To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message