From owner-freebsd-doc Wed Nov 6 22:01:11 1996 Return-Path: owner-doc Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id WAA01364 for doc-outgoing; Wed, 6 Nov 1996 22:01:11 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id WAA01354 for ; Wed, 6 Nov 1996 22:01:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id VAA12161; Wed, 6 Nov 1996 21:59:08 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 6 Nov 1996 21:59:08 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Peter Barros-Weiser cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: install freebsd on dos-pc In-Reply-To: <327FA2A7.7B0A@stud.uni-frankfurt.de> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-doc@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 5 Nov 1996, Peter Barros-Weiser wrote: > I just downloaded and it to a floppy-disk. > Rebootet system and firstly used the "-c" command at boot-prompt. > Set irq for "com2" to five, because there's the modem conected to and > otherwise conflicts will appear (left the rest at standard or deleted > them). The device 'com2' doesn't really exist. You may have edited 'sio2', which is not enabled by default. Try editing 'sio0' or 'sio1' instead. Make sure the IRQ and base address match up and do not conflict with other device. > Afterwards I followed the occuring screens as described in handbook. > For sure I selected installing via ftp and ppp via com2. > Pressed then ALT+F3 as recommended and first tried the "term"-command. > > Problem 1: After typing "term" and no input from keyboard was > possible anymore. You may need to point ppp in the right direction. try running at the ppp> prompt, set device /dev/cuaa? where ? = the sio device you modified above (0 = sio0, 1=sio1) > After reboot and again doing all the above described procedure, I tried > other option in ppp-mode, but as you assume infact of this mail, I > couldnt send a simple "at" to the modem. You can exit term mode by typing ~. (tilde, period). Try the above and get back to us if that doesn't work. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major