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From: volkoffb@ratserv.csus.edu (Brian Volkoff)
Subject: kermit problems and shutting the system down
Message-ID: <1991Apr1.010844.1631@csus.edu>
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Date: Mon, 1 Apr 1991 01:08:44 GMT

Hello..  

I'm having a little problem with kermit.  It doesn't seem to want to 
work at >1200.  When I run kermit, I set the line to /dev/tty64 and set
the speed to 2400.  When I send something to my modem, it remains at 
1200.  Being new to playing sys-admin, I tried changing the speed
value in /etc/ttys from 'f' to '6' (I'm using the Nutshell _Managing
uucp and Usenet_ for a reference), but that didn't seem to have any
affect.  What am I doing wrong?  I've installed the virtual console
package, but I think I was having the problems before that.

Also..

Being new to setting up and taking down Unix(-like) systems, I've got
a question about bring the system down (I got Minix 1.5.10 installed
last night on my 386).  From what I've read, before taking down the system
you should do a couple of syncs, then unmount the file systems.  Is it
important to unmount them, or can I just reboot with them still 
mounted?  I'm running the system with /usr on hd2, my RAM drive image
on hd3, and the remainder of my disk in hd4 mounted on /user.  Since
the tables seem to be on the RAM drive, and they can't be unmounted
anyways, it would seem I could reboot after I sync.  Is this true?

Thanks.

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   Brian Volkoff
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