Date: Tue, 8 Apr 1997 07:23:07 -0700 (PDT) From: The Devil Himself <fullermd@narcissus.ml.org> To: "Christopher J. Booth" <cbooth@onyx.interactive.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cuaa2 <--?--> sio2? Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.95.970408072106.13476A-100000@narcissus.ml.org> In-Reply-To: <199704081352.JAA00703@ithaca>
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On Tue, 8 Apr 1997, Christopher J. Booth wrote: > Hi, people. > > My modem (internal) in FreeBSD 2.1.5 is on COM3/cuaa2/sio2. [This is a home, > stand-alone box for personal use.] > > I have cuaa0 through cuaa2 in /dev, but no sio devices at all. But the mouse, > which is on COM2/sio1/cuaa1 is found. I've got nothing on COM1/sio0/cuaa0. > > I get the impression that cuaa is used for dial-out, sio for dial-in > communications--if so, do I need sio2 for dialing out via ppp anyway? > Ultimately I would like to have everything working, but for now, as I am > trying to learn UNIX/FreeBSD at this box, dialing out will be enough for > email, internet surfing, etc., downloading software, and generally tooling > around in UNIX/FreeBSD. > > TIA! > > Chris > > Chris Booth > cbooth@onyx.interactive.net I'm not sure that the sio#'s are devices; I think they're just internal system reference. the cuaa IS for dialout, but the dialin's are the ttyd's. Can't you move your modem over to com1/cuaa0/ttyd0? If it's internal, there should be some jumpers on the board that switch it from COM1/2/3/4; check your manual. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* |FreeBSD is good. FreeBSD is our friend. UNIX is our god.| *Micro$oft is bad. Micro$oft causes problems.* |MicroBSD??? I DON'T THINK SO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!| |"I hate quotes in signature files" :-} MAtthew Fuller| *fullermd@narcissus.ml.org FreeBSD junkie* |http://keystone.westminster.edu/~fullermd Westminster College| *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
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