Boot up problem...
Hi,
I have a problem on boot up that I don't understand and can't seem to fix.
I have installed Debian 1.1 (off the latest infomagic cd's). The first 3
computers I installed in on worked fine. This one is an older computer, a
386 dx 40 with 4 MB of RAM and 16450 UART's.
The install seemed to go fine without any errors, yet when I boot up I
get this:
Configuring serial ports....done.
/dev/cua0: No such device
/dev/cua1: No such device
/dev/cua2: No such device
/dev/cua3: No such device
INIT: Entering runlevel: 2
I traced the problem down to /etc/rc.boot/0setserial, I read the script
(removed all the stuff I don't need) and manually defined the com ports.
The error persisted.
I have tried putting a sleep 5 in before the:
${SETSERIAL} -bg /dev/cua*
line which is reporting the problem and that didn't make any difference.
I check the /dev directory and as far as I can tell it all looks okay, and
I can make a PPP connection no problem.
mis(larry)> l /dev/cua*
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 5, 64 Nov 7 21:29 /dev/cua0
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 5, 65 Jan 1 1970 /dev/cua1
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 5, 66 Jan 1 1970 /dev/cua2
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 5, 67 Jan 1 1970 /dev/cua3
The weirdest thing of all is if I run the script as soon as I get a prompt
then it works fine!
mis(larry)# /etc/rc.boot/0setserial
Configuring serial ports....done.
/dev/cua0 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16450
/dev/cua1 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16450
Any comments or suggestions appreciated.
Thanks,
Adam.
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