Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1999 13:51:39 -0400 (EDT) From: David Gilbert <dgilbert@velocet.ca> To: Greg Lynn <dglynn@vaview5.vavu.vt.edu> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Always check serial cables!! Message-ID: <14231.23083.858159.574338@trooper.velocet.ca> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990722124710.18272A-100000@vaview5.vavu.vt.edu> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990722124710.18272A-100000@vaview5.vavu.vt.edu>
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>>>>> "Greg" == Greg Lynn <dglynn@vaview5.vavu.vt.edu> writes: Greg> Well I found me freakin problem... serial cable was bad OR not Greg> meant for my particular mb!! Now how often do serial cables go Greg> bad you ask ? This is a first for me! For a minute there I Greg> thought just maybe the kernel was lying about finding sio0 ... Actually, there are 10 pins on the motherboard and 9 pins used for serial communications. I have in my office expamples of 6 different serial cables --- all plug compatible, but wired differently. Dave. -- ============================================================================ |David Gilbert, Velocet Communications. | Two things can only be | |Mail: dgilbert@velocet.net | equal if and only if they | |http://www.velocet.net/~dgilbert | are precisely opposite. | =========================================================GLO================ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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