This belongs to Debian user, debian-boot is for developers of the the Debian installation system. On Sat, Jul 14, 2001 at 04:24:46PM -0700, Andrew T. Young wrote: > I'm trying to migrate from a Slackware system with kernel version 1.2.9 to the > current Debian stable release. I downloaded the boot, root, and 11 base floppies > for the "compact" version, and all went OK until I got to the part (after > re-booting from the boot floppy) about installing and configuring the rest of the > system, which requires access to the Net. You do not say which version of Debian you are installing. I assume it is Debian 2.2 r3, code named potato, since that is the currently stable version. Easiest way to install Debian is from a CD, if you can use that. > > My connection is a PPP link, and it runs through a funny modem that uses port 2f0 > and IRQ 2. On the 1.2.9 system, this is simply configured by setserial in > rc.serial. But this does not work on the Debian system, which reports "No such > device" although I made the /dev/ttyS14 entry with mknod. > And this modem worked under Slackware? And it is not a "winmodem"? Winmodems are not supported in the kernel because their manufacturers provide drivers only for Windows operating systems. > It appears that the serial-port code now lives in a module; but where do I find > it? > In the kernel, did you include the serial module when you installed the system? Anyway, it should be in /lib/modules/<kernelversion>/misc/generic_serial.o . If you forgot to include that when you installed, you can use command modprobe generic_serial as root to load it or edit /etc/modules to make it load automatically at boot time. If you think you a missing a file, use command locate filename to see if it is somewhere in your machine. > It also appears that many other people have had similar problems (mostly while > trying to install Winmodems) -- a search for "debian" and "ttyS14" turns up > hundreds of pages of similar complaints, but no solution. This is not explained > in either the Serial-HOWTO or the Modem-HOWTO. > Winmodems are not supported because there are no linux drivers for those. I know there are efforts to write those drivers but you need to hunt for them ourself. > It would be helpful if the installation program provided the means of setting up > this special port for those of us who need it. > > It would also be helpful if the instructions on how to do this were included in > one of the HOWTO documents. > Are you sure it is not in Serial Howto? > Furthermore, it would be nice if the necessary module (which I suspect is > "generic_serial.o") were readily available from the Debian ftp site. Apparently > it is buried inside a few multi-megabyte kernel packages, but not otherwise > available. And, without having the installation finished, I'm not sure I could > extract the module from a *.deb package anyway. > > Without getting the modem running, I can't proceed with the installation. Any > suggestions? > -- > Andrew T. Young > aty@mintaka.sdsu.edu > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-request@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org -- Tapio Lehtonen Tapio.Lehtonen@IKI.FI PGP public key from http://www.iki.fi/Tapio.Lehtonen Decem yhdistys http://come.to/decem
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