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From: crt@tiamat.umd.umich.edu (Rob Shady)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: Serial Ports
Date: 22 Nov 1993 14:34:42 -0500
Organization: Univerisity of Michigan - Dearborn
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craigw@status.gen.nz (Craig Whitmore,iconz.co.nz,649-292-4859,649-292-4859) writes:

]description of problem with com ports deleted[

>We are running 386bsd (latest patches I think). Does anyone have this 
>problem as alot of users are complaining about it and its anoying

That's a problem...

>Is their a updated serial driver or whatever that wil fix this?

Yes, actually, there is a whole operating system to fix this.. Get
NetBSD, it fixes ALOT of bugs that are still in 386bsd... Even with
the patchkit.