On Fri, 18 Jun 1999, Wilson G. Hein wrote:
> Hi Bob,
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > On Thu, Jun 17, 1999 at 10:16:31PM -0400, Wilson G. Hein wrote:
> Original message cut
> >
> > What does 'cat ioports' say. Do the serial ports show up?
>
> cat /proc/ioports says:
>
> 0000-001f : dma1
> 0020-003f : pic1
> 0040-005f : timer
> 0060-006f : keyboard
> 0070-007f : rtc
> 0080-009f : dma page reg
> 00a0-00bf : pic2
> 00c0-00df : dma2
> 00f0-00ff : npu
> 01f0-01f7 : ide0
> 02f8-02ff : serial(auto)
> 0300-031f : NE2000
> 03c0-03df : vga+
> 03f0-03f5 : floppy
> 03f6-03f6 : ide0
> 03f7-03f7 : floppy DIR
> 03f8-03ff : serial(auto)
>
> > The mainboard serial ports operate just like those on a card. You may
> > have to go into the CMOS setup and set some parameters for them, like
> > port address/IRQ (typically the choices are [dos] com 1-4, IRQ 4/3)..
> > You should also probably designate those IRQ's as Legacy ISA, so pnp
Wilson,
One thing to check in your cmos setup... Make sure the onboard ioports
are actually set for com1 and 2. I have one board here that defaults the
onboard io-ports being on com3 and 4. Why, I don't know, but it can cause
you a real headache until you find that little anomaly.
--
73, Ronnie.
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