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From: pitlord@zipnet.net (Eric Ogren)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Modem on COM4 during install
Date: 25 May 1996 14:38:46 -0400
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Eric Ogren (pitlord@zipnet.net) wrote:
: Some of you may remember me as the person who was wondering if FreeBSD
: worked with Ontrack Diskmanager, well, it seems to now (partitions came up
: fine and everything). 

: Of course, I accidently deleted my Linux partition, getting the wrong
: number, so I'd like to get FreeBSD on line quickly; unfortunately, I can't
: install via PPP it seems, becuase the dialing options are /dev/cuaa1 and
: /dev/cuaa2. 

: Is there any possible way of getting a /dev/cuaa4 in there? I really don't
: want to wste my time on this, and the install, ppp setup looked nice;

: Somebody please help! =)

: -Eric

I think I got the cuaa numbers off, it should be 0 and 1, but anyhow;
after seeing the FAQ, I realized that the kernel has to be recompiled. Is
there any kind soul out there who'd recompile a kernel with settings 02E8,
IRQ3 as one of the comm ports, so I can install FreeBSD?

Thanks..
Eric