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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!utnut!torn!nott!bnrgate!bnr.co.uk!uknet!mcsun!sun4nl!philapd!apdnews!spoetnix.idca.tds.philips.nl!wilko From: wilko@idca.tds.philips.nl (Wilko Bulte) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs Subject: Re: [NetBSD] SLATTACH problems Message-ID: <wilko.736680931@spoetnix.idca.tds.philips.nl> Date: 6 May 93 09:35:31 GMT References: <C62v5L.FJI@news.cso.uiuc.edu> <1s96pc$89l@zip.eecs.umich.edu> Sender: news@idca.tds.philips.nl Lines: 22 ziff@zip.eecs.umich.edu (Brian Moore) writes: >I was wondering if someone could give my some help on getting slip to run >using the NetBSD-0.8 install disks. I'm trying to use tip to access a modem >connected on com1 so I can dailup our terminal server and startup slip. The >only way I could have tip access /dev/com1 was to chmod com1 to 666. I >finally was able to talk to the modem, dialed up our terminal server and >started up slip. I suspended tip and tried to start up slip on the NetBSD >machine by using slattach to /dev/com1, but I got an error from iocntl saying >that this device is not supported. At this point I have run out of guesses. >Could anyone give me the steps I am missing to get slip running? Isn't the port locked in some way since tip has it open and slattach is denied the (second) open? Just a guess Wilko -- | / o / / _ Wilko Bulte mail: wilko@idca.tds.philips.nl |/|/ / / /( (_) |d|i|g|i|t|a|l| Equipment Enterprise voice: +3155-432062 fax: +3155-432103 DTN: 829 2062 PO Box 245 - 7300 AE Apeldoorn - The Netherlands