From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Nov 7 01:00:50 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA10861 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 7 Nov 1998 01:00:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA10836 for ; Sat, 7 Nov 1998 01:00:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA16137; Sat, 7 Nov 1998 01:00:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1998 01:00:21 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White To: T.Clark@ucl.ac.uk cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: your mail In-Reply-To: <3.0.1.16.19981104103818.2317a372@pop-server.bcc.ac.uk> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 4 Nov 1998 T.Clark@ucl.ac.uk wrote: > I hope I'm emailing the correct place...apologies if I'm not. I have a > couple of Promise Fastrack UDMA Raid Controlers which are really good for > lots of fast cheap storage and I was wondering if it would be possible to > get them to work with FreeBSD Release3?? I haven't heard of any major failures with them, so they should work, even in UDMA mode. > Also are there any decent help files on modem installation. I have tried to > configure tip to dial another computer but whenever it connects to the dev > It says it can't syncronise. Can't sync? Never heard of that .. check permissions on /dev/cuaaX. > The kernel is setup to look for 4 COM ports of which it finds Com 1,2 and 4 > the modem should be on Com4 (internal K56Flex) and so I think I should be > using /dev/cuaa3. Yup. > I have configured the etc/modems and etc/remote but am unsure if the > strings I have put in for my modem in /etc/modems are correct I got > most of them from the modem install disk inf file for win95. ...Help > I just wasted two hours of my life... Are you trying to dial up for PPP? If so, use 'ppp' instead and check the Handbook. The 'tip' way of doing things is a pain in the tail. If you need to direct connect to a modem use: cu -l /dev/cuaaX -s [baudrate] Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message