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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!newsfeed.dreamscape.com!nova.dreamscape.com!motorman From: Joe White <motorman@nova.dreamscape.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: install freebsd Date: Fri, 8 Nov 1996 06:12:29 -0500 Organization: Dreamscape Online Lines: 31 Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.95.961108060643.4732A-100000@nova.dreamscape.com> References: <55o3af$kdo@grapool30.rz.uni-frankfurt.de> <3281BAE3.446B9B3D@FreeBSD.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: nova.dreamscape.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <3281BAE3.446B9B3D@FreeBSD.org> I bet you are using an external modem...right? I had the same exact problem...the cure was to tell it where the modem is. I had to type 'set device /dev/cuaa1' (my modem is connected to com2), before typing term. From a small house located in motorman@dreamscape.com Auburn, NY USA On Thu, 7 Nov 1996, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > mario wrote: > > > > downloaded boot.flp and started the boot-sequenz. > > need to install the rest of the system via ftp. > > arrived the point, where kernel switched into ppp-mode. > > told me using ALT+F3 and type "term" to dial-up my provider, > > but i dont know what to do there, infact after typing "term" > > no more input was possible? > > Who can help? peter > > You're saying that it doesn't even accept keystrokes in the ALT+F3 VTY? > > Hmmmm. Sounds like something has killed the keyboard. Does it work > anywhere else? > -- > - Jordan Hubbard > President, FreeBSD Project > >