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From: wilko@idca.tds.philips.nl (Wilko Bulte)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: FreeBSD 1.0 GAMMA problems... /bin/cat and /dev/sio*
Keywords: FreeBSD sio problems
Message-ID: <wilko.749462805@spoetnix.idca.tds.philips.nl>
Date: 1 Oct 93 08:06:45 GMT
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bryan@fegmania.wustl.edu (bryan o'connor) writes:

> 1.  /bin/cat keeps disappearing.  At first I thought it was a cruel
>     joke.  After each extract, /bin/cat would disappear.  I ended up
>     copying it off the cpio floppy and extracting the savesets 
>     manually.  What's the deal?  Am I doing something wrong?

	This is a quirk in the install scripts. I found 'cat' in 
	/tmp. I think it has to do with putting cat in /bin while
	/bin/cat (from the bootflops) is acutually running. This
	will give a 'text busy' problem. 

> 2.  I can't get the serial ports to work.  I MAKEDEV'd sio01 and sio02
>     and tried to use tip and cu.  They will connect and then give me
>     Input/Output errors and die.  Am I doing something wrong?
>     I fiddled with /etc/remote and added entries for sio01 and sio02.

	You did put'm in your config file I hope? Does the kernel report
	the sio ports on bootup? And double check the /dev/entries, 
	I think I saw MAKEDEV making sio001 on my system once. (Never
	looked into that one tho)

Wilko

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