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Date: Tue, 9 Dec 1997 11:41:55 -0800 (PST)
From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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To: diphth <diphth@agate.net>
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Subject: Re: question about "term"
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On Mon, 8 Dec 1997, diphth wrote:

> after i invoke "ppp" then type in 'term' I get an error message:
> 
> OpenModem failed: /dev/cuaa1: Device not configured. 

This means that sio1 (COM2 in the DOS world) wasn't found.  If this is a
Plug&Pray modem, try setting it's jumpers to force COM2 or set the PnP OS
setting in your BIOS to `none'.

> and how can I install a package from a MS-DOS partition using the
> pkg_add command. 

1. Copy the package to your FreeBSD slice using mtools or mount_msdos.
Restore the filename.
2.  pkg_add package-x.y.tgz

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