Date: Sat, 03 Aug 1996 05:33:30 -0500 From: samurai@iosys.net (Rich Bornhofer) To: doc@freebsd.org Subject: explaining 'term' Message-ID: <32032AFA.230D@iosys.net>
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I realize that this is probably way out of line, me being a unix moron, but as i have been having problems with ftping the install, i was reading through hundreds of questions and answers from the search form you have. One reply, and only one, made comment about how the 'term' program should behave. ie. that as soon as you type 'term' you modem should become active, and be ready for the AT commands. As i am very unfamiliar with unix and term and such, i was in the 'term' program several times and trying various commands.. and hanging the system. My point is, I would have been benifited (as well will others) to know what to expect with term. In that, when i typed 'term' i should immediately (or when the modem picks up) try to enter a command. Failing that, quit the term program (as apposed to typing garbage like i tried to do) and trying the -c option at boot. Or, there are various things to do when you get to the alt+f3 screen and i have no idea if doing anything there might help me. I was just thinking that it would be nice to know a little better what to expect when i got to 'term' and the alt+f3 screen. It seems like the documentation is mildly lacking there :) Anyway, enough babling from a unix dope ;) Thanks for you time, Ray.. samurai@iosys.net (oh, i still havn't gotten it to go yet ;)
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