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From: wilko@idca.tds.philips.nl (Wilko Bulte)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs
Subject: Re: [NetBSD] SLATTACH problems
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Date: 6 May 93 09:35:31 GMT
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ziff@zip.eecs.umich.edu (Brian Moore) writes:

>I was wondering if someone could give my some help on getting slip to run
>using the NetBSD-0.8 install disks.  I'm trying to use tip to access a modem
>connected on com1 so I can dailup our terminal server and startup slip.  The
>only way I could have tip access /dev/com1 was to chmod com1 to 666.  I 
>finally was able to talk to the modem, dialed up our terminal server and 
>started up slip.  I suspended tip and tried to start up slip on the NetBSD
>machine by using slattach to /dev/com1, but I got an error from iocntl saying
>that this device is not supported.  At this point I have run out of guesses.
>Could anyone give me the steps I am missing to get slip running?

Isn't the port locked in some way since tip has it open and slattach
is denied the (second) open?

Just a guess

Wilko
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