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Date:      Mon, 8 Dec 1997 15:22:25 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Bob Robinson <brobins1@uniserve.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: PPP/FreeBSD cannot find my modem
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.971208152202.13271Y-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <1.5.4.32.19971208065814.006630b8@pop.uniserve.com>

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On Sun, 7 Dec 1997, Bob Robinson wrote:

> Hello FreeBSD
> 
> Question for you. I have installed FreeBSD on my PC (IBM Aptiva C9X),
> iand in Userconfig I included the device "sio at 0x3f8 IRQ 4" in the
> communications section. And this is how my modem is set up on the
> Win95 side of things. When BSD boots, I get the message "sio0 not
> found at 0x3f8". Furhtermore, when I invoke PPP, and say "show modem",
> I get the message "probe failed" for my modem.

You may need to set your BIOS up to configure Plug&Pray devices (set PnP
OS to `none').

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major





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