From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Dec 20 22:05:45 1996 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id WAA27307 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 20 Dec 1996 22:05:45 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts12-line10.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.142]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id WAA27300 for ; Fri, 20 Dec 1996 22:05:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.2/8.6.12) with SMTP id WAA00279; Fri, 20 Dec 1996 22:05:27 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 20 Dec 1996 22:05:27 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: bipolar cc: Gene Nyland , questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dip locks up In-Reply-To: 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 Fri, 20 Dec 1996, bipolar wrote: > > > When I try to install via ftp, the "dip" program locks up as soon as I > > > type "term" I've installed FreeBSD previously in this manner, but that > > > was several versions ago and I no longer have that boot floppy. It is > > > showing "tun0" as the port? in the past it showed sio1 or cua1. I tried > > > to set either of these but no luck.. help please.. > > > > Dip??? The new installs use user mode PPP. > > The program may not be Dip, I presumed it was as the interface is > identical. In 'term' mode it does resemble cu/tip. I see what you mean there then. > > At the ppp> prompt type 'show modem' and make sure everything checks out. > > Use the 'set device' command to change the serial port (/dev/cuaa0 for > > COM1, /dev/cuaa1 for COM2) and speed and so forth. No matter what you > > select, ppp comes up on com1, so if your modem is on com2 you'll have to > > change it. > > > I have done it all, could there have been changes made from pre-2.x > versions that my have caused this to conflict with H/W. I don't have a com > port, I/O, or IRQ conflict. I previously installed a pre-2.x version in > this manner w/o trouble, I just don't have thing left from it. I have the > system installed now via a dos partition and a long dnld, and I can dial > out successfully, I'm just baffled about the lockup from the boot disk.. > You follow me? I can't say. Sysinstall did barf on my laptop once, but the next time I tried it it loaded without a complaint. :-/ > Why worry now since I have it installed? cause I frequently change OS's as > part of learning, at any one time I've got 5-6 OS's installed and don't > want to have to keep all the files around, would like to be able to do the > FTP install... :) You must spend a _lot_ of time in front of the console..I spent all today getting OS/2 Warp 4 up and that was just one....:) Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major