Re: /dev/cua1 not there! -- so can't use modem

[Alex Yukhimets <aqy6633@is5.nyu.edu>]

> 
> I have recently installed Debian 1.3 on a friend's laptop for him.  He
> is complaining that /dev/cua1 doesn't exist.  Nor, apparently, do the
> other cua files.  

Instead of /dev/cua? use corresponding /dev/ttyS?

Good luck.

Alex Y.

> 
> I did some reading and the impression I get is that the cu* files are
> now obsolete.  If so, what are they replaced by?  In particular, what
> device should my friend use for his modem?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> 
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