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From: phil@rivendell.apana.org.au (Phil Homewood)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: FreeBSD 1.1.5.1 and ports
Date: 3 Sep 1994 08:06:37 GMT
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Larry Williams (kd6ozk@crash.cts.com) wrote:
: But I found that, even though my printer is found on lpt1, the lpr 
: command won't run.  The port is valid because I can cp to /dev/lpt1 and 
: the text prints.

# ln -s /dev/lpt1 /dev/lp

: So, I guess the first question is, should I get the complete src 
: distribution and massage the kernel for the serial ports?

Yes - the default kernel is precompiled for funny non-standard IRQs...
apparently there is a problem with sharing 4/3 but I have yet to see a
problem with it.....

: Third, I'm getting the distribution from wuarchive.  Should I get it 
: elsewhere?

Get it from wuarchive, or freebsd.cdrom.com, or your local mirror
site. Wherever you like :-)

Cheers,

Phil.
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Phil Homewood                           phil@rivendell.apana.org.au
APANA Brisbane Regional Co-Ordinator    brisbane@apana.org.au
                    "That HAD to hurt!"