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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!netcomsv!netcom.com!alm From: alm@netcom.com (Andrew Moore) Subject: Re: FreeBSD - sio (com) and DOS HD problems Message-ID: <almCDHHK4.Dt8@netcom.com> Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest) References: <1993Sep16.201358.26183@doug.cae.wisc.edu> Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1993 05:50:26 GMT Lines: 35 In article <1993Sep16.201358.26183@doug.cae.wisc.edu> tillemaj@cae.wisc.edu (John Edward Tillema) writes: >I have just installed FreeBSD with few problems, but am having a >couple in getting stuff working on it. I have read the 386BSD >FAQ and tried what it suggested for each of these problems, but >none of it worked. > > 1. I can't seem to talk to my modem via /dev/sio01. > When I connected to it, say by kermit, it just sits > there. When I try cu, it connects, and then gets I/O > errors as soon as I start typing. Details of the system: > 2 16550s, and a SupraFAX 14.4 modem. Before invoking kermit, try: # stty -f /dev/sio01 clocal > 2. Is it possible to get info from a DOS hard disk partition > to FreeBSD? I tried creating a c device in mtools (2.0.7) > but that didn't work, I also tried creating a disklabel > (/dev/wd0h) for it (both are out of the FAQ), but again, that > didn't work. The changes I made were never present when I > would run disklabel again. It would say unused partition h > of size xxxx when I quit, then prompt if I wanted to overwrite > DOS parition table. Regardless of whether I answered y or n > it didn't save the changes. This is for a Conner 340 Meg IDE > drive. pcfs (or msdosfs if you use a newer FreeBSD kernel) can only read a Primary DOS partition. If you have an Extended DOS partition, this cannot be mounted, I believe. It has been suggested that geometry translation might play a role as well. If you drop us a note on FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.cdrom.com, we can keep you up-to-date. We are working to automate all this in the install disks...