You can have as many ports as you like but for standard com1-4 serial, they 
each must be on a different int and io.  For the builtin ports you should go 
into the BIOS (F10 on the Compaq?) and check / set the ports to your liking.  
Then for any ports that are non standard (Int 5 etc.), you would use setserial 
on bootup.

It would be easier to put com1-2 back to defaults and use one for the modem.  I 
have a Compaq with external modems on com1 & 2, and then an internal modem set 
to com3/Int 5.  Works fine.

Quoting Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

> Thanks Don
> That makes sense to me. I will try it today. If you could answer the
> following questions it would be helpful.
>  My modem is external USR 3 Com 56 K attached to com 3 as that is the only
> serial device I have. When the Compaq came from the factory it had a
> internal 28.8 k modem set to com 1. I removed this can I re-assign com 3 to
> com 1? Does linux have a swap port or redirect command? Do I not need to
> woory about which post it is on and just assign the command line you
> supplied?
> 
> Thanks
> Martin
> 

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