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From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
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To: hackers@freebsd.org, radova@risc6.unisa.ac.za
Subject: Re: Problem with devices: ttyd* cua0*
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>I am using Boca multiport card with 6 ports. From time to time all modems, 
>one by one, are getting disconnected.

>Command: tip cua04 (cua05, etc..) gives me a message:

>/dev/cua04: Device not configured
>link down

What version of FreeBSD?  cua04 is named cuaa4 in 2.1.  2.1 is much
better than 2.0.5 so you should upgrade.

The error message means that the device doesn't exist.  This "can't
happen" because (non-PCMCIA) can't go away after they have been
detected at boot time.

Bruce