From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Mar 4 18:08:40 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id SAA09379 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 4 Mar 1997 18:08:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id SAA09371 for ; Tue, 4 Mar 1997 18:08:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id SAA22596; Tue, 4 Mar 1997 18:05:27 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 4 Mar 1997 18:05:27 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: Justin Fitzhugh cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PPP/cd-rom questions... In-Reply-To: <33192A36.281B@next.kkjj.com> 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 Sat, 1 Mar 1997, Justin Fitzhugh wrote: > Hey there... > > I can get ppp to connect, and work perfectly for about 3-4 minutes, then > after that it just disconnects - for no apparent reason. I can be > telented into another server, and it will still disconnect me > regardless. What could be wrong? By default, there is a 300 second timeout. Try putting 'set timeout 0' in your profile. > Also, I can get my cd-rom to be recognized using a 2.2 boot disk, but > 2.1.6, and 2.1.7 both will not see it. It is an atapti (something like > that) cd-rom. FreeBSD 2.1.6 will see it if it is a slave on my primary > ide, but then the cd-rom drive will not sync up with the maxtor drive I > have. So I am forced to but it on secondary ide. > How can I get 2.1.6/7 to see the drive? Experiment. ATAPI CDs take the cake for flakeo probing. Unfortunatley, the hot spot is slave on primary, so you'll have to either get your Maxtor and CD to kiss and make up, or find another method. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major