From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Nov 7 01:58:56 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA16478 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 7 Nov 1998 01:58:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA16473 for ; Sat, 7 Nov 1998 01:58:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA28129; Sat, 7 Nov 1998 01:58:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1998 01:58:38 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White To: Peter J Thiemann cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: problem w ppp installation In-Reply-To: <363DEDEE.BA9FDA4E@cs.nott.ac.uk> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 2 Nov 1998, Peter J Thiemann wrote: > I'm trying to install freeBSD 3.0 on my laptop via PPP. > I'm using a Xircom CreditCard Ethernet 10/100+Modem 56. > It installs itself in Win98 as COM5 and I've verified that the > connection works using a terminal program. > However, the freebsd installation menu from the boot disk does not allow > me to access COM5. > Is there any way to get around this problem? Under FreeBSD it will no map to COM5 (ie, sio4). When you insert the card, see what sio port it maps to, then access the corresponding /dev/cuaaX port for dialout. Ie, if it comes up on sio3, point ppp at /dev/cuaa3. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message