I'm trying to convert a working two-floppy Bering RC2 system to one where the second floppy is replaced by a CD -- since the machine I'm using has one floppy drive and one CD-ROM.
The problem I'm having isn't with making the CD, but with getting the CD-ROM working. The CD-ROM's controller lives not on the motherboard but instead on an old soundblaster card which until now wasn't in the machine. When I put it in the machine Bering no longer works. The reason is that ne.o no longer finds my Linksys Ether16 combo card at io=0x320. I assume the soundblaster card has taken over that io address, but the truth is I'm over my head at this point. (I was working on Macs when this hardware was current.) I'm not even sure the soundblaster card is being recognized by my Bering setup, since I haven't added any modules for it. But it is preventing the Linksys card from being recognized. With the system working (soundblaster removed), /proc/ioports lists a 3c509 (eth0) at 0x300-0x30f and eth1 (my Linksys) at 0x320-0x33F. # cat /proc/ioports 0000-001f : dma1 0020-003f : pic1 0040-005f : timer 0060-006f : keyboard 0080-008f : dma page reg 00a0-00bf : pic2 00c0-00df : dma2 00f0-00ff : fpu 02f8-02ff : serial(auto) 0300-030f : 3c509 0320-033f : eth1 03c0-03df : vga+ 03e0-03e1 : i82365 03f8-03ff : serial(auto) With the soundblaster in, the 3c509 card shows up in /proc/ioports, but neither the soundblaster (AFAIK) nor Linksys does. Any suggestions on how to proceed? It doesn't appear from the Linksys site as if that card can be manually given a new io address. Does this mean I have to reprogram the soundblaster card? Or should I find a slightly more modern machine? :-) Thanks, --Eric House ****************************************************************************** * From the desktop of: Eric House, [EMAIL PROTECTED] * ****************************************************************************** ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: OSDN - Tired of that same old cell phone? Get a new here for FREE! https://www.inphonic.com/r.asp?r=sourceforge1&refcode1=vs3390 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html
