Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 18:56:13 -0700 (PDT) From: Steve Emmert <steve@emmert.com> To: Jason Garman <garman@phs.k12.ar.us> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Comm port trouble in 2.1.5 install Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.960716184708.342A-100000@free.emmert.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.92.960716192910.24455A-100000@phs.k12.ar.us>
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On Tue, 16 Jul 1996, Jason Garman wrote: > On Mon, 15 Jul 1996, Steve Emmert wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > Made a boot floppy of 2.1.5 -RELEASE to show my buddy how cool FreeBSD is! > > When I selected FTP install and COM 2 (/dev/cuaa1) then went to iij-ppp > > the modem would not respond to "at". I then did a "show modem" and found > > the device set to COM 1 (/dev/cuaa0). No amount of hacking with the option > > selections or "set device" in iij-ppp would work to get the modem on-line > > even when "show modem" displayed /dev/cuaa1. I took the disk back home and > > tried it on my system with the same results. I even FTP'ed a new boot.flp > > but nothing seems to work. My old 2.1 boot floppy works but a 2.2 -SNAP > > boot floppy fails too. > > > I got bitten by his one too. A workaround that I found was to select "com > 1" from the install menu, and do a set device /dev/cuaa1 from iij-ppp. It > took me several hours of continuous head-banging to figure this out :-) > > It seems that if you do a 'term' with one device open and then change it > with "set device" it ignores the change, which was really annoying me at > the beginning... > > -- Jason That did the trick 8-) thanks, now when Jordan changes the premissions back to 755 on 2.1.5 -RELEASE, we'll get this mother installed!! --Steve Steve Emmert steve@emmert.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- If the designers of X Windows built cars, there would be no fewer than five steering wheels hidden about the cockpit, none of which followed the same principles---but you'd be able to shift gears with your car stereo. Useful feature, that. -Marcus J. Ranum
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