Re: New installation: Hanging when trying to dial out
See http://speecart.chg.ru/handbook/disks-bios-numbering.html Quintin John Adams wrote: On Tuesday, January 13, 2004, at 06:57 PM, fbsd_user wrote: Try this command to mount the cd drive. First load the 4.6 install cd in cd drive mount /cdrom cd /cdrom ls cd / umount /cdrom Success! look at the etc/fstab to see how cd drive is configured DeviceMountpointFStypeOptionsDumpPass /dev/acd0c/cdromcd9660ro,noauto00 Explain how you switch from booting winme to booting FBSD I've yet to learn how to tell the bootloader to boot from the primary drive, so I just change the order of the drives in BIOS. = Verify floppy drive works in winme. And there's the answer--I believe this drive is dead. I recall it making noises some time ago, and it must've gone over the edge. Fortunately, Atlanta has some good stores--I've been wanting to pop down to the one by Tech for a while now, and this is as good an excuse as any. This brings me back to the modem question. I can type in the entries from ppp.conf and ppp.log--or I suppose I could try to learn to write to the FAT partition elsewhere on this drive, which I'm not unwilling to do (shouldn't be hard, which is what I thought about the modem.) Advice? And thanks again, John A ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: New installation: Hanging when trying to dial out
John Adams wrote: On Monday, January 12, 2004, at 09:59 PM, fbsd_user wrote: It would be a whole lot more helpful if you posted your ppp.conf and the ppp.log of your last test I may have to type this in--I'm unable to mount the floppy drive, and MAKEDEV is telling me bad unit for disk in: fd* for each /dev/fd*. Should I consider this a second message to me saying, you have weird hardware, and give up? I'd rather not. Perhaps I have a different problem to work with first, getting the floppy mounted so I can write logs to it. Advice? How are you trying to mount your floppy? mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt? Explain how you know FBSD has found your modem and can connect to it. Perhaps it hasn't--the last thing in the ppp.log is: ppp[116]: tun0 : Command: /dev/tty: set device cuaa0 That's from the interactive mode entry. From the auto mode entry, the last listing is: ppp[116]: tun0: Phase: PPP Started (auto mode) This might be a silly question, but the modem is plugged into serial port 1 isn't it? Try using /dev/cuaa1? Are your serial ports probed correctly during boot? Look at dmesg|grep cuaa. TBH, it's been a long time since I did PPP under FreeBSD. Broadband rules ;) Andrew ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: New installation: Hanging when trying to dial out
On Tuesday, January 13, 2004, at 10:29 AM, Andrew Boothman wrote: How are you trying to mount your floppy? mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt? Well, I was just naively trying mount /dev/fd0 /mnt, but now I've tried it as you suggest, and again gotten Device not configured. This is also what fdformat gives me when I try to format the disk. I'm also unable so far to mount the CD drive. Are your serial ports probed correctly during boot? Look at dmesg|grep cuaa. Now, that's interesting. I get results for sio, but nothing for cuaa or tty. All the best, John A ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: New installation: Hanging when trying to dial out
John Adams wrote: On Tuesday, January 13, 2004, at 10:29 AM, Andrew Boothman wrote: How are you trying to mount your floppy? mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt? Well, I was just naively trying mount /dev/fd0 /mnt, but now I've tried it as you suggest, and again gotten Device not configured. This is also what fdformat gives me when I try to format the disk. I'm also unable so far to mount the CD drive. Are your serial ports probed correctly during boot? Look at dmesg|grep cuaa. Now, that's interesting. I get results for sio, but nothing for cuaa or tty. That's because serial ports _are_ probed as sios - sorry my mistake. I presume you get sio lines for all of your serial ports? My original point still stands, are you sure you're using the right one for where your modem is plugged in? Have you read through http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/dialout.html ? Andrew ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: New installation: Hanging when trying to dial out
Why don't you start at the beginning and tell us about the PC you installed 4.6 on? Is this an pre Y2K box? What operating system was on it before? Have you ever used the floppy drive before? Does the floppy ready light flash when you power up the PC and boot? What command are you using to try to mount the cd drive? You know the drive works because you installed from it. Have you checked the PC's bio's to verify that the com ports are enabled and the floppy drive is enabled? Is the modem powered up before you boot FBSD? Have you used the modem before? Can you prove it works on another system? Does this command connect to your com port with the external modem? Tip comx where x is the com port number that has modem If it connects enter AT for the hayes attention command. Should reply with OK Use ~ the . keyboard keys to exit tip command. -Original Message- From: John Adams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 10:45 AM To: Andrew Boothman Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: New installation: Hanging when trying to dial out On Tuesday, January 13, 2004, at 10:29 AM, Andrew Boothman wrote: How are you trying to mount your floppy? mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt? Well, I was just naively trying mount /dev/fd0 /mnt, but now I've tried it as you suggest, and again gotten Device not configured. This is also what fdformat gives me when I try to format the disk. I'm also unable so far to mount the CD drive. Are your serial ports probed correctly during boot? Look at dmesg|grep cuaa. Now, that's interesting. I get results for sio, but nothing for cuaa or tty. All the best, John A ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Fwd: New installation: Hanging when trying to dial out
On Tuesday, January 13, 2004, at 11:06 AM, Andrew Boothman wrote: I presume you get sio lines for all of your serial ports? My original point still stands, are you sure you're using the right one for where your modem is plugged in? Yes, I'm pretty sure--I mistakenly used cuaa1 in my earliest attempts. Have you read through http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/dialout.html ? Yes, and the subsequent chapter on PPP, as well. Thanks again, John A ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
New installation: Hanging when trying to dial out
I love detailed questions! On Tuesday, January 13, 2004, at 01:05 PM, fbsd_user wrote: Why don't you start at the beginning and tell us about the PC you installed 4.6 on? It's an eMachines etower 600is Is this an pre Y2K box? Shouldn't be--I bought it new at Frye's in early 2001. What operating system was on it before? The primary drive has Windows ME on it. 4.6 is on the secondary drive. Have you ever used the floppy drive before? Yes. Does the floppy ready light flash when you power up the PC and boot? Good question--I'll check that next time I do so. What command are you using to try to mount the cd drive? mount /dev/cd* /mnt #No, I didn't use the *--but I tried all the /dev/cd* entries, one at a time, just as I did the /dev/fd* entries. You know the drive works because you installed from it. Yes. Have you checked the PC's bio's to verify that the com ports are enabled and the floppy drive is enabled? No--I'll do that next time through, too. However, see below for why I'm pretty sure the com ports (at least) are enabled. Is the modem powered up before you boot FBSD? Yes. Have you used the modem before? Yes. Can you prove it works on another system? It works on this one while running Windows ME--I tested that. Does this command connect to your com port with the external modem? Tip comx where x is the com port number that has modem If it connects enter AT for the hayes attention command. Should reply with OK It replies connected and is now hung. I never got to enter AT. Use ~ the . keyboard keys to exit tip command. The keyboard is now unresponsive, both to the ~ commands (~. and ~?) and to Alt-F3ing to another logon window. Power cycling... I did not see the floppy light--I had it disconnected while adding the secondary drive. I'll check that next time it's powered down. The floppy is enabled in BIOS. Serial port A is Auto, the floppy disk controlled is Enabled. I'm going to leave it in BIOS setup while I do some things with my daughter--back in a bit. Thanks! John A ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: New installation: Hanging when trying to dial out
Try this command to mount the cd drive. First load the 4.6 install cd in cd drive mount /cdrom cd /cdrom ls cd / umount /cdrom look at the etc/fstab to see how cd drive is configured Explain how you switch from booting winme to booting FBSD Verify floppy drive works in winme. If you have box open you may have pulled the ribbon lose from the floppy drive. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of John Adams Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 6:07 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: New installation: Hanging when trying to dial out I love detailed questions! On Tuesday, January 13, 2004, at 01:05 PM, fbsd_user wrote: Why don't you start at the beginning and tell us about the PC you installed 4.6 on? It's an eMachines etower 600is Is this an pre Y2K box? Shouldn't be--I bought it new at Frye's in early 2001. What operating system was on it before? The primary drive has Windows ME on it. 4.6 is on the secondary drive. Have you ever used the floppy drive before? Yes. Does the floppy ready light flash when you power up the PC and boot? Good question--I'll check that next time I do so. What command are you using to try to mount the cd drive? mount /dev/cd* /mnt #No, I didn't use the *--but I tried all the /dev/cd* entries, one at a time, just as I did the /dev/fd* entries. You know the drive works because you installed from it. Yes. Have you checked the PC's bio's to verify that the com ports are enabled and the floppy drive is enabled? No--I'll do that next time through, too. However, see below for why I'm pretty sure the com ports (at least) are enabled. Is the modem powered up before you boot FBSD? Yes. Have you used the modem before? Yes. Can you prove it works on another system? It works on this one while running Windows ME--I tested that. Does this command connect to your com port with the external modem? Tip comx where x is the com port number that has modem If it connects enter AT for the hayes attention command. Should reply with OK It replies connected and is now hung. I never got to enter AT. Use ~ the . keyboard keys to exit tip command. The keyboard is now unresponsive, both to the ~ commands (~. and ~?) and to Alt-F3ing to another logon window. Power cycling... I did not see the floppy light--I had it disconnected while adding the secondary drive. I'll check that next time it's powered down. The floppy is enabled in BIOS. Serial port A is Auto, the floppy disk controlled is Enabled. I'm going to leave it in BIOS setup while I do some things with my daughter--back in a bit. Thanks! John A ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: New installation: Hanging when trying to dial out
On Tuesday, January 13, 2004, at 06:57 PM, fbsd_user wrote: Try this command to mount the cd drive. First load the 4.6 install cd in cd drive mount /cdrom cd /cdrom ls cd / umount /cdrom Success! look at the etc/fstab to see how cd drive is configured Device Mountpoint FStype Options DumpPass /dev/acd0c /cdrom cd9660 ro,noauto 0 0 Explain how you switch from booting winme to booting FBSD I've yet to learn how to tell the bootloader to boot from the primary drive, so I just change the order of the drives in BIOS. Verify floppy drive works in winme. And there's the answer--I believe this drive is dead. I recall it making noises some time ago, and it must've gone over the edge. Fortunately, Atlanta has some good stores--I've been wanting to pop down to the one by Tech for a while now, and this is as good an excuse as any. This brings me back to the modem question. I can type in the entries from ppp.conf and ppp.log--or I suppose I could try to learn to write to the FAT partition elsewhere on this drive, which I'm not unwilling to do (shouldn't be hard, which is what I thought about the modem.) Advice? And thanks again, John A ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
New installation: Hanging when trying to dial out
Hi, folks, I've got a brand-new installation of FreeBSD and the next thing I want to do is upgrade from 4.6 (the CD I had) to 4.9 or 5.1. However, first I need to dial out, and there I'm having a problem. I've followed the instructions (I hope!) in Chapter 18 of the handbook, and whatever approach I take to dialing out, the box hangs--I can't even Alt-F3 to a new shell. This happens whether I'm using cu or trying a manual connection in ppp. When I do the latter, after I type term, I get the responses, but, after type '~?' for help, the keyboard stops responding. ~. doesn't get me out of it--nothing does. The box is an eMachines etower 600is and the modem is a Microcom Deskporte 28.8P. Any help would be greatly appreciated. All the best, John A ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: New installation: Hanging when trying to dial out
It would be a whole lot more helpful if you posted your ppp.conf and the ppp.log of your last test Explain how you know FBSD has found your modem and can connect to it. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of John Adams Sent: Monday, January 12, 2004 9:40 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: New installation: Hanging when trying to dial out Hi, folks, I've got a brand-new installation of FreeBSD and the next thing I want to do is upgrade from 4.6 (the CD I had) to 4.9 or 5.1. However, first I need to dial out, and there I'm having a problem. I've followed the instructions (I hope!) in Chapter 18 of the handbook, and whatever approach I take to dialing out, the box hangs--I can't even Alt-F3 to a new shell. This happens whether I'm using cu or trying a manual connection in ppp. When I do the latter, after I type term, I get the responses, but, after type '~?' for help, the keyboard stops responding. ~. doesn't get me out of it--nothing does. The box is an eMachines etower 600is and the modem is a Microcom Deskporte 28.8P. Any help would be greatly appreciated. All the best, John A ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
