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From: Daniel O'Callaghan <danny@hilink.com.au>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Installing vie anon ftp with PPP on com3???
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 1996 15:41:28 +1000
Organization: HiLink Communications
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To: Benjamin McGough <bmcgough@olywa.net>

Benjamin McGough wrote:
> 
>         That pretty much sums it up.  I'd like to use the anonymous
> ftp installation method (a great idea, BTW) but my modem is on com3,
> and the installation program uses only com2.  Is there an easy
> work-around for this, or should I just download the entire
> installation of FreeBSD?

At the boot prompt on the installation disk, enter -c as a boot flag.
You then get the kernel config menu.  Type 'ls' to list devices.
To change com2 so it uses your com3 settings, do something like

config> irq sio1 4
config> ioaddr sio1 0x2f8
config> dis sio2
config> quit

The kernel should then probe for sio1 at the place where COM3 is usually
pointed to. You should then be a happy chappy... 

Danny

PS the irq and ioaddr are from memory.  Check them against your real 
settings.