Date: Sun, 14 Nov 1999 04:22:02 -0500 From: Christopher Michaels <ChrisMic@clientlogic.com> To: 'jedi' <jedi@brockville.com> Cc: "FreeBSD Questions (E-mail)" <questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: RE: No modem? Message-ID: <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB4401105D7D@site2s1>
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Well, 2 things. 1. Please cc: replies to the list. Because I haven't the slightest idea where to start on that problem. 2. You have the option of downloading the distribution(s) to a dos partition and installing from there if you so choose. As far as I know there aren't THAT many problems with the ftp/modem install. > -----Original Message----- > From: jedi [SMTP:jedi@brockville.com] > Sent: Sunday, November 14, 1999 4:13 AM > To: Christopher Michaels > Subject: Re: No modem? > > But onboard I only have 2 com ports. No matter I finally got it to dial. > It was comm2. Nothing changed, just retried the install and it worked. > However, now it either returns "Unacceptable Address <ip>", <ip> being the > dynamic IP my ISP assigns me when I dial up, or something about too many > IPCP NAPs (or NATs) sent. > > BSD should really do more like Debian (Linux). You download about 10mb of > stuff to a DOS partition, reboot straight into DOS, then run the given > batch > file. Install from the DOS partition, and gives you everything you need > to > run the OS (including dialup scripts and support). > > > Adrian > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Christopher Michaels <ChrisMic@clientlogic.com> > To: Adrian Parker <jedi@brockville.com> > Cc: <questions@freebsd.org> > Sent: Sunday, November 14, 1999 3:33 AM > Subject: RE: No modem? > > > > Just because your modem is comm2 in windows doesn't me that it's the > same > in > > freebsd. > > > > What does it say on the screen at bootup about "sioX" where X is a > number. > > For many of us, the modem is detected as sio4 and so would be /dev/cuaa4 > as > > far as ppp is concerned. > > > > -Chris > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai [SMTP:asmodai@wxs.nl] > > > Sent: Saturday, November 13, 1999 7:56 AM > > > To: Adrian Parker > > > Cc: questions@freebsd.org > > > Subject: Re: No modem? > > > > > > -On [19991110 00:01], Adrian Parker (jedi@brockville.com) wrote: > > > >Perhaps someone can help me. > > > > > > I can. I forwarded it from -doc to -questions where it belonged in > the > > > first place. > > > > > > >I recently went through the FreeBSD install, or tried. Everything > > > >worked ok accept the install via FTP. It doesn't seem to detect my > > > >modem. It's a USR 56.6 V90 (ISA) running on comm port 2. This modem > > > >does not seem to be detected while starting the install process (when > > > >it checks for PnP, PCI, and ISA devices). When it tries to gather > the > > > >packages for installing the system, it doesn't dial. I use the dial > > > >command, as request, in the 3rd Virtual Console. Soon after it > returns > > > >that the dialup is dead. > > > > > > Tried specifying debug mode in options and check vty2 why it flunks? > > > > > > >I had it dial my second phone line to verify that the modem wasn't > > > dialing > > > >at all. I was correct, it wasn't dialing. > > > > > > > >What could be wrong? I know my modem is on Comm 2. And I know it > works > > > >because I'm using it now in Win98 (it also works just fine in Linux). > Is > > > >there any way to solve this? I don't want to image copy everything > to > > > >floppy and install that way, just so that I can boot the OS and fight > > > with > > > >the modem settings (downloading everything is a pain on dialup). > > > > > > The notion that something works on Windows 98 or Linux is not a > > > guarantee that it works under FreeBSD. It might, then again it might > > > not. > > > > > > -- > > > Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven/Asmodai > asmodai(at)wxs.nl > > > The BSD Programmer's Documentation Project > <http://home.wxs.nl/~asmodai>; > > > Network/Security Specialist BSD: Technical excellence at its > best > > > Embrace Love, be godlike... > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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