Date: Fri, 20 Sep 1996 18:56:31 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Leonardo Cardoso <lcardoso@centroin.com.br> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Devices in BSD Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.960920185404.224G-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <3.0b15.32.19960920160408.006a57b4@pop.centroin.com.br>
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On Fri, 20 Sep 1996, Leonardo Cardoso wrote:
> How can I use my modem? I have an USR 33.6K in COM4 IRQ3 and cannot
> use it in my BSD system ("device not found" is the message). I try option
> "-c" during boot, configured the "sio3" device (is this the COM4?) and
> doens't work!
Remember that GENERIC doesn't support anything above sio1. Try building a
custom kernel with the proper IRQ settings. Remember, you cannot share
IRQs!
> Another one...the "mount" command in version 2.0.5 have a bug? I
> can't mount my MSDOS partition in BSD. I have and 1.6 Gb hard drive with 2
> partitions (800M & 700M). The device name is "wd0a" for the first and
> "wd0b" for the second, isn't it?
Nope. wd0a is your root partition; wd0b is your swap partition. Try
this:
mount -t msdos /dev/wd0s? /mnt
where ? = the slice your DOS partition is on as reported by fdisk
> Last one... How can I configure a normal account the have the level
> of SU (superuser)? I can do it only with "root", with another accounts came
> a message saying like this : "You are not in the correct group...".
Add the account to the root group, in /etc/group.
> Sorry any English errors... I'm brazilian!
You have excellent English.
Doug White | University of Oregon
Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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