Some unnamed clone cards have also been known to work, especially those that claim to be AST compatible. USB device support was added to FreeBSD 3.1. However, it is still in preliminary state and may not always work as of version 3.2. If you want to experiment with the USB keyboard support, follow the procedure described below. Add the following lines to your kernel configuration file, and rebuild the kernel.

FreeBSD supports the SoundBlaster®, SoundBlaster Pro, SoundBlaster 16, Pro Audio Spectrum 16, AdLib and Gravis UltraSound sound cards. There is also limited support for MPU-401 and compatible MIDI cards. Cards conforming to the Microsoft® Sound System specification are also supported through the pcm driver. Note: This is only for sound! This driver does not support CDROMs, SCSI or joysticks on these cards, except for the SoundBlaster.

Yes. Under Windows 95/98/Me two port cards (DSP-100) can be installed to COM1 and COM3, COM 2 and COM 4 or any continuous block above COM 4 (COM 5 & 6, COM 6 & 7, etc.). Under Windows 95/98/Me Four port serial PCMCIA cards (QSP-100) MAY NOT be installed in COM 1 -COM 4. By default they will be installed in the lowest available continuous block above COM4. However, you may choose the continuous address block to which the ports are assigned. For example, COM 5,6,7 & 8; COM 6,7,8 & 9, etc.

The problem here is that FreeBSD has code built-in to keep the kernel from getting trashed due to hardware or software conflicts. The way to fix this is to leave out the IRQ settings on all but one port.

FreeBSD supports any ATAPI-compatible IDE CD-R or CD-RW drive. For FreeBSD versions 4.0 and later, see the manual page for burncd(8). For earlier FreeBSD versions, see the examples in /usr/share/examples/atapi. FreeBSD also supports any SCSI CD-R or CD-RW drives. Install and use the cdrecord command from the ports or packages system, and make sure that you have the pass device compiled in your kernel. FreeBSD supports SCSI and ATAPI (IDE) Zip drives out of the box, of course.

Yes, because the SignaLink doesn't require a connection to the computer's serial port! Unlike other interfaces, the SignaLink never requires a serial port connection. This is particularly handy if your computer doesn't happen to have one! In addition to simplifying your installation, this feature also reduces the likelihood of the computer's RF noise getting into your radio. It also eliminates serial port related transmit problems that plague other interfaces.

The serial port should be located on the back of your computer. An example of a serial port image is provided here.

All non-SCSI cards are known to be extremely slow compared to SCSI drives, and some ATAPI CDROMs may not work.

the FreeBSD kernel boots, it will probe for the serial ports in your system for which the kernel was configured. You can either watch your system closely for the messages it prints or run the command % dmesg | grep sio Here is some example output from the above command: sio0 at 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 on isa sio0: type 16550A sio1 at 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on isa sio1: type 16550A This shows two serial ports. The first is on irq 4, is using port address 0x3f8, and has a 16550A-type UART chip.

You use ttydX for dial-ins. When opening /dev/ttydX in blocking mode, a process will wait for the corresponding cuaaX device to become inactive, and then wait for the carrier detect line to go active. When you open the cuaaX device, it makes sure the serial port is not already in use by the ttydX device. If the port is available, it ''steals'' it from the ttydX device. Also, the cuaaX device does not care about carrier detect.