Date: Fri, 05 Sep 1997 20:38:38 -0700 From: Dave Hodge <dlhodge@ix.netcom.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Problems with release Version 2.2.2 recognizing my serial port "sio1", amongst other things. Message-ID: <3410D03E.1A31@ix.netcom.com>
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Hello FreeBSD-Questions@freebsd.org, If you've already responded to this message thank you. I sending it again because I forgot to put the "freebsd-" in front of my original addressing of "questions@freebsd.org". I’ve been running into problems with the new release FreeBSD 2.2.2 of late. The problems vary, but each are equally annoying. The first and most important problem has to do with the inability of FreeBSD to recognize my serial port, sio1. I find this extremely odd and frustrating because prior to upgrading to Version 2.2.2 I had Version 2.1.5 install and running without incident. When I execute the “dmesg” command the information returns the message: “sio1: 0x2f8 not found.” Next I performed a shutdown of my system and rebooted using the “boot -c” command when appropriate. I was hoping to detect some type of conflict, but none existed. Finally I tried to echo to the device with the following command: “echo atdt(my number) > /dev/cuaa1”, to which I received this message in reply to my action: “/dev/cuaa1: Device Not Configured.” Do you have any ideas what could be going wrong. Please note that everything works perfectly in Win95. No problems in recognizing the modem at all. (Fyi I’m not confused on what modem number I’m accessing either.) The second problem that I have experience has to do with the distribution disk of Version 2.2.2 for FreeBSD. I was hoping to correct a problem to what looks to be a majorily hosed “rc.conf” file. This configuration file is one half megabyte in size. A little large wouldn’t you say. When I tried to more the file I recognized that is was very messed up in it’s format. I call Walnut Creek CD-ROM for assistance. The told me that I could correct this problem by following the instructions available on the Installation Distribution disk for Version 2.2.2 FreeBSD. The file they directed me to was “ERRATTA.TXT”. In this file it did not direct me to any “rc” file at all, but to a “login.conf” that didn’t exists anyway. Supposedly this “login.conf” file was to reside in the “/cdrom/usr/src/etc” directory: NOPE, I don’t think so. Can you tell me if either there is a release corrective distribution I missed or if I read the information in “ERRATTA.TXT” incorrectly. Finally, I’ve been trying to find out if there is anyway via FreeBSD for floppies to support anything other than the 8.3 convention for file names. I really need the “/dev/fd0” to support long file names. Long time ago I remember that one could select various file system formats for their floppy drives. Is there anything that you can think of to help me. Awaiting your answer. Dave Hodge 8^) dlhodge@ix.netcom.com
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