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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!news.vbc.net!samba.rahul.net!rahul.net!a2i!olivea!hookup!news.mathworks.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Modem on COM4 during install Date: 1 Jun 1996 02:21:54 +0100 Organization: Coverform Ltd. Lines: 51 Message-ID: <4oo5vi$1dn@anorak.coverform.lan> References: <4o7j45$ntr@zip0.zipnet.net> <4o7k3m$oa9@zip0.zipnet.net> <31A7E2F0.167EB0E7@stair-s.kaist.ac.kr> NNTP-Posting-Host: anorak.coverform.lan X-NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Stair (stair@stair-s.kaist.ac.kr) wrote: : Eric Ogren wrote: : > : > 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 : Yes, boot with -c option (supply it on the Boot: prompt) and : change I/O address of ``sio1'' device from 0x2f8 to 0x2e8. Now : /dev/ttyd1 and /dev/cuaa1 should work with COM4 rather than with : COM2. (Of course you don't want to use COM2 and COM4 at the same : time, do you?) Why not ? The relevent bit of my dmesg output: sio0 at 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 on isa sio0: type 16450 sio1 at 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on isa sio1: type 16450 sio2 at 0x3e8-0x3ef irq 9 on isa sio2: type 16550A sio3 at 0x2e8-0x2ef irq 5 on isa sio3: type 16550A Not using com2 & 4 at the same time is DOS stupidity. -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....