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From: Kenny Hanson <khanson@pdspc.com>
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Subject: FW: Modem not Talking
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 1997 14:47:03 -0600
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Wild thought... does /dev/cua2 default to COM3/IRQ4?  Would this
gentleman
need to create a new device to reflect COM3/IRQ12?

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Grum Ketema [SMTP:grum@trumpet.MIT.EDU]
> Sent:	Tuesday, December 16, 1997 2:14 PM
> To:	khanson@pdspc.com
> Subject:	Re:Modem not Talking
> 
> 
> Hello Kenny 
> 
>  Thank you for your prompt response.  
> 
> You said look for the modem on COM1 or COM2. Does that mean, even
> though the
> modem is physically located on COM3 (at least that is what Windows 95
> says).
> I should go ahead and assume it is on COM1 or COM2 (I have a serial
> port on
> COM2) on FreeBSD. Is that how it works for Plug and Play systems the
> port is
> also assigned dynamically. I though it was just the IRQ.
> Sorry, I am a little confused.
> Thanks 
> Grum
> 
> >It kind of looks like the modem is PnP... 95 is assigning it the
> first
> >available 
> >interrupt (12 in your case).  I'd try looking for the modem on COM1
> IRQ4
> >or COM2 IRQ3 (/dev/cua0 and /dev/cua1, respectively) to see if it
> >defaults 
> >to one of those settings.  If not, then you may check to see if the
> >modem can
> >be jumpered for one of those positions and just reassign it in 95.
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From:	Grum Ketema [SMTP:grum@trumpet.MIT.EDU]
> >> Sent:	Tuesday, December 16, 1997 1:11 PM
> >> To:	freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> >> Subject:	Modem not Talking
> >> 
> >> Hello Sir
> >> 
> >> I just loaded FreeBSD 2.2.2(From Walnut Creek distribution CD) on
> my
> >> PC.
> >> I have to hard disk drives. FreeBSD is on the second drive with
> Linux.
> >> I have
> >> Windows 95 on the first drive. The system boots and is okay. The
> >> problem I
> >> am running into is FreeBSD does not read the port my modem is
> located
> >> on.
> >> 
> >> I read the following configuration Info from Windows 95
> >> 
> >> COM1 I/O 03F8 - 03FF IRQ 4  not Used
> >> COM2 I/O 02F8 - 02FF IRQ 3  Serial mouse
> >> COM3 I/O 03E8 - 03EF IRQ 12 Modem
> >> 
> >> I use the same configuration in FreeBSD. It gets COM1 and COM2
> >> correctly
> >> and fails to get COM3.
> >> 
> >> I get sio2 not found at 03E8. I suspect it is the IRQ setting. What
> >> should I do. Please Help
> >> 
> >> I thank you for your time
> >> With Best regards
> >> Grum