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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!violet.berkeley.edu!jkh From: jkh@violet.berkeley.edu (Jordan K. Hubbard) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: FreeBSD on Toshiba T4800CT Date: 23 Jan 1995 17:21:49 GMT Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 26 Message-ID: <3g0ojd$qfq@agate.berkeley.edu> References: <3fl106$8mk@cello.qnet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: violet.berkeley.edu In article <3fl106$8mk@cello.qnet.com>, Duane R. Ellison <duane@cello.gcr.com> wrote: >I am having a difficult learning curve and I hope someone can point me >int the right direction. I have FreeBSD installed and running on my >Toshiba T4800CT and am trying to setup and configuration pppd on my >system. The problem I think I am having is I am unable to talk to my >PCMCIA Megahetz modem. Maybe I can nt figure out which /dev to use or This is not yet supported, though work is underway. You'll have to wait for 2.1, or perhaps a later snapshot of 2.0. >maybe I have something configuraed wrong. Another thing that seems >strange is there is no /etc/inittab file. Now I do not have a clue what >that does anyways but if it is important how do I create it. The other /etc/ttys. >thing is when I try to run pppd is says "Sorry PPP now available".... I >assume this is because I haven't completed the /usr/share/FAQ/PPP.doc >stuff yet (mainly because I can not talk to the modem). Yes, you need to enable ppp in your kernel. You still won't be able to talk to that pcmcia modem though.. :-( Send mail to phk@freebsd.org; he has an evil hack that you can use for now.. Jordan