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From: alm@netcom.com (Andrew Moore)
Subject: Re: FreeBSD - sio (com) and DOS HD problems
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References: <1993Sep16.201358.26183@doug.cae.wisc.edu>
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1993 05:50:26 GMT
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In article <1993Sep16.201358.26183@doug.cae.wisc.edu> tillemaj@cae.wisc.edu (John Edward Tillema) writes:
>I have just installed FreeBSD with few problems, but am having a
>couple in getting stuff working on it.  I have read the 386BSD 
>FAQ and tried what it suggested for each of these problems, but
>none of it worked.
>
>	1.  I can't seem to talk to my modem via /dev/sio01.
>	    When I connected to it, say by kermit, it just sits
>            there.  When I try cu, it connects, and then gets I/O
> 	    errors as soon as I start typing. Details of the system:
>            2 16550s, and a SupraFAX 14.4 modem.

Before invoking kermit, try:
# stty -f /dev/sio01 clocal


>	2.  Is it possible to get info from a DOS hard disk partition
>	    to FreeBSD?  I tried creating a c device in mtools (2.0.7)
>            but that didn't work, I also tried creating a disklabel
>            (/dev/wd0h) for it (both are out of the FAQ), but again, that
>            didn't work.  The changes I made were never present when I 
>            would run disklabel again.  It would say unused partition h
>            of size xxxx when I quit, then prompt if I wanted to overwrite
>            DOS parition table.  Regardless of whether I answered y or n
>            it didn't save the changes.  This is for a Conner 340 Meg IDE
>	    drive.

pcfs (or msdosfs if you use a newer FreeBSD kernel) can only read a
Primary DOS partition.  If you have an Extended DOS partition, this
cannot be mounted, I believe.

It has been suggested that geometry translation might play a role as
well.  If you drop us a note on FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.cdrom.com, we
can keep you up-to-date.  We are working to automate all this in the
install disks...