From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Aug 19 20:14:52 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id UAA08999 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 19 Aug 1996 20:14:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts9-line4.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.85]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id UAA08993 for ; Mon, 19 Aug 1996 20:14:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id UAA00407; Mon, 19 Aug 1996 20:14:46 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 19 Aug 1996 20:14:46 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Aaron Ray cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installing FreeBSD In-Reply-To: <3218D3A6.6969@delnet.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 19 Aug 1996, Aaron Ray wrote: > Hi. I'm having trouble installing FreeBSD over the ftp. I can't use my > modem's com port. Com1 is not on the list. Can you tell me how to get > the install to find COM1? It has COM2. Odd. Are you using alternative settings for com1 in your BIOS setup? It should always work since com1 and com2 (sio0 and sio1) are IBM-standard. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major