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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!inquo!bofh.dot!in-news.erinet.com!imci5!pull-feed.internetmci.com!news.internetMCI.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!newsie.dmc.com!news.zipnet.net!zip0.zipnet.net!not-for-mail From: pitlord@zipnet.net (Eric Ogren) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Modem on COM4 during install Date: 25 May 1996 14:38:46 -0400 Organization: ZIPNET.NET - The NorthEast US's premier ISP Lines: 24 Message-ID: <4o7k3m$oa9@zip0.zipnet.net> References: <4o7j45$ntr@zip0.zipnet.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: zip0.zipnet.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Eric Ogren (pitlord@zipnet.net) wrote: : Some of you may remember me as the person who was wondering if FreeBSD : worked with Ontrack Diskmanager, well, it seems to now (partitions came up : fine and everything). : Of course, I accidently deleted my Linux partition, getting the wrong : number, so I'd like to get FreeBSD on line quickly; unfortunately, I can't : install via PPP it seems, becuase the dialing options are /dev/cuaa1 and : /dev/cuaa2. : Is there any possible way of getting a /dev/cuaa4 in there? I really don't : want to wste my time on this, and the install, ppp setup looked nice; : Somebody please help! =) : -Eric I think I got the cuaa numbers off, it should be 0 and 1, but anyhow; after seeing the FAQ, I realized that the kernel has to be recompiled. Is there any kind soul out there who'd recompile a kernel with settings 02E8, IRQ3 as one of the comm ports, so I can install FreeBSD? Thanks.. Eric