[Coco] SuperComm and DW4 virtual modems

[Joel Ewy]

On 03/03/2013 07:37 AM, Robert Gault wrote:
> Joel Ewy wrote:
>> On 03/02/2013 07:51 PM, Joel Ewy wrote:
>>> Hey all,
>>>
>>> Maybe I'm doing it wrong, but I'm having trouble getting supercomm to
>>> communicate over DW4's virtual modem.  ...
>>> JCE
>>>
>> Ok, I did get it to work by booting the server disk image that has 
>> the drivers
>> and descriptors in the boot file.  What might I be doing wrong when I 
>> load the
>> driver and descriptors after the system is booted? Trying to load a 
>> driver and
>> descriptors after the system is booted?
>>
>> <snip>
>
> Joel,
>
> It is not unusual that a driver descriptor package loaded after 
> booting fails. This does not always happen and seems to depend on the 
> driver in question.
>
> What helps and may work for you, is to INIZ a descriptor before using 
> the driver. So 'iniz n' could solve your problem of desiring a minimal 
> boot while still having access to the virtual modem.
>
> Robert
>
Thanks Robert,

I actually thought of that and tried it at one point during the process 
and I don't think it helped me.  At the moment I'm content to boot from 
the server disk image, but maybe I'll eventually make a special boot 
file for this sort of thing.

JCE
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