Date: Thu, 2 Mar 1995 18:07:02 -0600 (CST) From: Daniel Baker <dbaker@concorde-mail.neosoft.com> To: hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Dial into FreeBSD2R Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.90.950302180459.241A-100000-100000-100000@Concorde.NeoSoft.COM> In-Reply-To: <9503020221.AA10148@cdfsga.fnal.gov>
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On Wed, 1 Mar 1995, Rowan T. Hamilton wrote:
> I have (I think) the same modem - a pcmcia card, right? I installed
> FreeBSD on my laptop, and then *after* the installation I installed the
> modem and rebooted, and I can't see the modem. I'm starting to think that
> I need to redo then entire installation process, with the pcmcia card
> installed. This will be a bit of a pain.
Well, not the PCMICA version, but it's basically the same.
> What was your experience in the installation process? Do you think
> I need to redo the installation? Is there something other than the usual
> installation procedure I need to do to initialize the modem?
You're going to need to possibly re-compile your kernel to support it..
Try this:
cd /dev (as root)
sh MAKEDEV cua00 (if it is com1 in dos, or cua01 if it is com2, and so on)
then run minicom or whatever.
Daniel Baker -- NeoSoft Student Assistant (UseNet, FTP & FreeNet Admin.)
DBaker@NeoSoft.COM
DBaker@Concorde-Mail.NeoSoft.COM
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