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Re: Hay you hardware hackers ...



On Sun, 4 Jan 1998, Eddie Harari 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 onboard com port 
> is thry the cmos menues ... 
> 
> and I know linux does not consult these menus ...
> so when I try to use minicom with cua0  or seyon I canot activate 
> the modem ...

No no... Linux does ask the BIOS for what hardware is available. If you
set in the BIOS that your current COM1 should be COM3, you'll be home
free.(remember to change it's address). I did it, and it worked.

--Ariel

> 
> 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 
> the modem up as com port 3 then everything is OK ...
> 
> But  is this the way ???
> 
> 
> -- 
> Eddie Harari  - phone: 972-3-6190999
>               fax  : 972-3-6190992
>             ___________________
>               Take A Walk In The Wild Side ...
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 

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