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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.erols.net!news1.erols.com!newsmaster@erols.com From: Ken Bigelow <kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Modem not found by install Date: Mon, 19 Aug 1996 19:00:04 -0700 Organization: Andreas Klemm, 41469 Neuss, Germany Lines: 36 Message-ID: <32191C24.3EE6@www.play-hookey.com> References: <3212AEC1.E09@osprey.smcm.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: kenjb05.play-hookey.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.02 (Win16; I) Charles A Sutton wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm trying to install FreeBSD 2.1.5 by FTP on a 386 system I have at home. But I can't > install via PPP, because the kernel keeps refusing to recognize the internal modem I've > got on COM2/sio1. Instead I just get the "sio1: not found at x2f8" during the boot. > > The modem is a Supra FaxModem 28.8, installed on COM2, address 2f8, IRQ 3. It works fine > under DOS. I can't just switch the modem to COM1/sio0 because I have a serial mouse > connected there (which could have something to do with the problem). I've tried running > -c and deleting every driver except the disk controllers, sio0, sio1, and sc0, and it > doesn't seem to help. > > I also have a SoundBlaster card and card for an antediluvian Logitech handheld scanner > on the computer, but I'm not concerned with getting them running just yet (or, perhaps, > ever). > > Any ideas/modem configurations/good books to read while I try to install from 50 > floppies? > I'm not specifically familiar with the Supra Fax Modem you describe, so this thought may not be applicable to your case, but... Some of the no-name and cheaper modems do not really have a full-function serial port built in. Instead, they rely on specific software drivers to complete the functioning of the port. If this applies in your case, you're stuck, because FreeBSD looks for a full-function port so it can run standardized software. -- Ken Are you interested in | byte-sized education | http://www.play-hookey.com over the Internet? |