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- Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
- Path: sparky!uunet!decwrl!access.usask.ca!regina!udevdiv!roe
- From: roe@Unibase.SK.CA (Roe Peterson)
- Subject: Re: help! error 6 installing sas 1.25/fas
- Message-ID: <1992Aug12.155910.8528@Unibase.SK.CA>
- Organization: Unibase Telecom Ltd.
- References: <1992Aug10.081117.162@mcopn3.dseg.ti.com>
- Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 15:59:10 GMT
- Lines: 50
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- bmyers@mcopn3.dseg.ti.com writes:
-
- >I need some help/advise with installing sas-1.25 (fas.2.09) on my SVR4
- >system (aka Consensys V4).
-
- >I followed the instructions given in the sas-related README file, and
- >pulled in the files for a com1-2 board. I performed the make install,
- >and then tried to reboot the system...
-
- How embarassing. I've just looked through the installation instructions
- distributed with SAS 1.25, and realize that there should be a step
- after 'make install':
- 2.5 /etc/conf/bin/idbuild - this will generate a new kernel.
-
- >oh well, didn't see in the docs anything about actually using mkdev
- >on creating the ttyF00/ttyF01/ttyFM00/ttyFM01 special devices.
-
- That's because such a step is not required. If you idbuild a new kernel,
- the next reboot will rebuild the /dev directory. Sas installs a descriptor
- file for itself in /etc/conf/node.d, which will create all your /dev/tty...
- nodes.
-
- >after creating these, I tried to do a
- >t01:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -t 60 ttyF01 19200NP (whatever the incoming was)
- >and got a message from the system, telling me that it couldn't open the
- >device: Init error 6. this message popped up repeatedly, until I was
- >able to modify the inittab file to go back to tty01.
-
- Not a bit surprising; error 6 is ENXIO (no such device or address). It
- means that SAS is not _really_ installed in your kernel.
-
- Also, you will need to deactivate the standard asy driver before running
- the idbuild successfully, since asy and sas will conflict with each
- other, causing errors.
-
- >I thought that the 2.0 release of SASS was to occur
- >about a month ago...but haven't heard anything yet...
-
- Apologies to the net at large for the long delay, and thanks for your
- patience. SASS 2.0 has been delayed for a number of reasons:
- - a recent posting of bug-fixes to FAS 2.09 has shown some
- problems and fixes for SASS, which we are incorporating.
- - I decided to complete the VPIX support by adding com-style
- handlers (the console-mode stuff is already in place).
- - My co-conspirator is in California on vacation :-)
- - 386BSD 0.1 was released.
-
- I'll get it out the door as soon as possible. Thanks again for your
- support.
- the incorporation of COM-style VPIX support,
-