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Re: pppd on an old 386: /var/log/messages
- To: Ami Bizamcher <ami(at-nospam)start.co.il>
- Subject: Re: pppd on an old 386: /var/log/messages
- From: guy keren <choo(at-nospam)actcom.co.il>
- Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2001 02:57:39 +0300 (EET DST)
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On Thu, 9 Aug 2001, Ami Bizamcher wrote:
> You assumed that my modem is old because my 386 is old, that isfalse. My
> modem is quiet new (2 years old) and it has no jumpers for COM and IRQ. it
> has one jumper to tell if it is win95 or other. Under linux i take off the
> jumper and on winXx i put it on. I have been using this modem from the day i
> bought it, both in linux and windows.
now, tell me one more thing - how does your modem know which IRQ and COM
port it should use? note that a plug and play modem requires a proper plug
and play hardware (PCI bus with proper BIOS, or something that uses ISA
plug and play). i never herd of a 386 machine with a PCI bus - so it must
be an isa p&p modem, or its a modem that is configured using software,
and stores the configuration in NVRAM?
if its a plug&play modem, is that type of device supposed to work at all
on a 386 machine, which probably (look, i'm making assumptions again ;) )
comes with a very old BIOS as well?
> I said there is no difference because thats what i came up with. I didnt
> know what to do no more so i turned to you guys (linux il mailing list) for
> help. If i were stuck with the thought that there _is_ no difference, will i
> be here for help ? or would i try to solve my problem ? ofcourse not, i will
> say "there is no difference, so i WONT install the pppd on the 386 because
> thats the way!", well you dont see me saying that, do you ?
ok. so just don't say "they are the same!" again and again. that's
confusing, you know.
> I installed the two computer the same. I took the same pppd script and chat
> scripts.
what do you mean the same? they both got the same type of motehrboard?
same BIOS type and version? same on-board COM ports, and so on? same mice
connected via the same interface (be that a COM port or a bus mouse
interface) ?
--
guy
"For world domination - press 1,
or dial 0, and please hold, for the creator." -- nob o. dy
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