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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!uunet!in3.uu.net!199.94.215.18!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!howland.erols.net!blackbush.xlink.net!pegasus.PFM-Mainz.de!forthdv.pfm-mainz.de!stephan From: stephan@forthdv.pfm-mainz.de (Stephan Forth) Subject: Re: New User questions??? X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 BETA-950824-color PL0] Lines: 36 Organization: Forth EDV Beratung+Schulung Message-ID: <E63Evz.57y@forthdv.pfm-mainz.de> References: <331107cf.32035486@nntp.ix.netcom.com> Date: Mon, 24 Feb 1997 05:50:23 GMT Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:36038 bellyup@ix.netcom.com wrote: : Can someone help me with my configuration. I have a modem on COM2, : but it is not detected and I can't figure out how to edit the kernel : or set up the config?? I also have an Iomega parallel port Zip drive : and have the driver, but don't know how to user it. Can someone : please help?? I have my bootup message in this article. A quick : reply would be appreciated. : : : FreeBSD 2.1.7-RELEASE #0: Wed Feb 19 23:08:10 1997 : jkh@thingy.cdrom.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/GENERIC : CPU: i486 DX2 (486-class CPU) : Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x435 Stepping=5 : Features=0x3<FPU,VME> : real memory = 20971520 (20480K bytes) : avail memory = 18427904 (17996K bytes) : Probing for devices on the ISA bus: : sc0 at 0x60-0x6f irq 1 on motherboard : sc0: VGA color <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x0> : ed0 not found at 0x280 : ed1 not found at 0x300 : sio0 at 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 on isa : sio0: type 16450 : sio1 not found at 0x2f8 Hi, as you can see here, the modem on COM2 isn't found at startup. Maybe it is configured for a different I/O Adress? Try pressing -c at the boot: prompt and enter visual. You can change the default adresses which are probed at boot time here. -- FORTH EDV Beratung + Schulung stephan@forthdv.pfm-mainz.de Martin-Luther-Str. 55 voice: +49 6131 581072 55131 Mainz, Germany fax: +49 6131 581073