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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!cancer.vividnet.com!hunter.premier.net!news1.erols.com!howland.erols.net!EU.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in3.uu.net!newsfeed.dreamscape.com!nova.dreamscape.com!motorman From: Motorman <motorman@nova.dreamscape.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: term prob trying FTP download/install Date: Sun, 15 Sep 1996 17:39:42 -0400 Organization: Dreamscape Online Lines: 33 Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.95.960915173303.24368A-100000@nova.dreamscape.com> References: <AE5C8C2F-1651CA@204.167.102.207> NNTP-Posting-Host: nova.dreamscape.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII To: Greg Arsenault <greg@beacondesign.com> In-Reply-To: <AE5C8C2F-1651CA@204.167.102.207> I had a similar problem installing 2.1.5R with an external modem. The cure for me was to type: set device /dev/cuaa1 BEFORE typing term to start the interactive ppp session. From a small house located in motorman@dreamscape.com Auburn, NY USA On 11 Sep 1996, Greg Arsenault wrote: > During the final phases of the the install process, I am having > absolutely no luck getting the 'term' program to interact with my PC's > internal modem. I have configured the correct com port (COM2) at > which my modem resides, yet term doesn't even echo chars I type at my > keyboard, and it eventually locks up (I suppose because some sort of > keyboard input buffer fills up...). > I need to get term working in order to get to the next step of dialing > up my ISP and trying to download the disksets for FreeBSD. > Is there something I may be missing in regard to the device setup for > COM2? > > Thanks, > -- Greg > > > mailto:greg@beacondesign.com > > >