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Re: Hay you hardware hackers ...



>
>On Sun, 4 Jan 1998 17:13:47 +0200 (IST), you wrote:
>
>>hello to all of the hardware hackers over this list ,
>>
>> I have a Pentium-200MHZ with 2 serialport on board ,
>> now I installed a modem as Com one IRQ-4 which is a different
>> card on the board ...
>>
>> the problem is that The only way I can cancel the on board com port=20
>> is thry the cmos menues ...=20
>>
>> and I know linux does not consult these menus ...
>> so when I try to use minicom with cua0  or seyon I canot activate=20
>> the modem ...
>This is not true! The CMOS menus does not do a "software" action. They
>actually DISABLE the onboard port. Linux is not supposed to mess with
>this. Disabling COM1: through the BIOS should work. COM1: is IO 0x3f8
>and IRQ4. Make sure no port is assigned to that address, other than
>your modem.

Well I know what you say , and I cant say I disagree with you ,
but when I disable com I thru my cmos Linux still recognize it !!!

>
>> cause it is trying to talk to com port I and not to my modem ...
>>
>> the only way I activate my modem is by disabling its PNP and  set=20
>> the modem up as com port 3 then everything is OK ...
>>
>> But  is this the way ???
>
>Udi
>


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