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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
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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

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