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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!network.ucsd.edu!pacbell.com!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!emory!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!ira.uka.de!news.dfn.de!mailgzrz.TU-Berlin.DE!ceres.fokus.gmd.de!gmdtub!ats From: ats@bigfoot.first.gmd.de (Andreas Schulz) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: cant' use COM4 already recompiled kernel Message-ID: <3307@bigfoot.first.gmd.de> Date: 17 Apr 93 15:38:05 GMT References: <1qlcqrINN1k2@harpo.uccs.edu> Organization: GMD-FIRST, Berlin Lines: 22 In article <1qlcqrINN1k2@harpo.uccs.edu> jmward@elbert.uccs.edu (Joel M. Ward) writes: > > I finally got my system to recognze COM4 after rebuilding the >kernel. But whwn i look in /dev. i ssee com1 & com2, but no com4!! >I tried running MAKEDEV com4, but it makes com04... > Here's the story in more detail: > >I started with the system sources patched up to 0.2.2 (the ones at >bsd386.first.gmd.de) Sorry, the MAKEDEV is a screw up from me :-). The original names for the first two com ports are "com01" and "com02" as far as i know. I found that so irritating, that i moved this entries to "com1" and "com2", but i didn't changed the "/dev/MAKEDEV" script for that. ATS -- ATS ( ats@first.gmd.de or ats@cs.tu-berlin.de ) Andreas Schulz GMD-FIRST O-1199 Berlin-Adlershof Rudower Chaussee 5 Gebaeude 13.7 Tel: 030-6392-1856