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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!newsserver.jvnc.net!newsserver.technet.sg!solomon.technet.sg!milton From: milton@solomon.technet.sg (Milton Choo) Subject: Re: com drivers, syscons and patchkit 0.2.2 Message-ID: <C5pn11.IIp@newsserver.technet.sg> Sender: news@newsserver.technet.sg Nntp-Posting-Host: solomon.technet.sg Organization: /usr/lib/news/organization References: <1993Apr1.090316@axion.bt.co.uk> <52570006@hpuamsa.neth.hp.com> <C5BM02.4z5@newsserver.technet.sg> <1qhja0$18mb@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu> Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1993 03:00:36 GMT Lines: 40 In article <1qhja0$18mb@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu> mycroft@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Charles Hannum) writes: > >In article <C5BM02.4z5@newsserver.technet.sg> milton@solomon.technet.sg >(Milton Choo) writes: >> >> I would really like to find out how many of us here downloaded >> everything thro modem and how they did it. > >I originally downloaded the whole system at 9600 baud over a direct >serial line, before I wrote an ethernet driver for my 486 box. > >No problems at all... > >(486DX-25 with two serial ports running 16550As) Thanks, i think i lost quite afew response here as we were having some problems with our newsfeed. I finally got everything working execept i still can't download binary, that i suspect has to do with unlimit and also my path may not being 8 bit clean. Haven't got time to check it out with kermit yet. My request for patching the tip was also posted to *.bug, as i found this patch on minnie, and the minute i change the zero to a one in tip, i got it working properly with the connection to /dev/com1. > >-- > \ / Charles Hannum, mycroft@ai.mit.edu > /\ \ PGP public key available on request. MIME, AMS, NextMail accepted. >Scheme White heterosexual atheist male (WHAM) pride! -- Milton Choo System Programmer Technet Unit, Computer Centre Internet : milton@solomon.technet.sg National University of Singapore Tel : (65) 772-6523