Hey Devin,
Give this link a try and look under the "Isapnp" section. The author
gives a quite interesting argument as to why you should turn the
PNP option in bios ON, not off. This advice helped me a whole lot
in getting some of my PNP cards to work in LInux. Enjoy...
daniel in NJ...
http://www.calderasystems.com/SxS/stepbystep.htm
On Monday 12 February 2001 13:42, you wrote:
> I have an old 33.6 Kbs USR hardware ISA modem in my box. I installed
> it as a plug and play device and made sure that my BIOS was set for no
> P'n P OS installed. That way the BIOS could assign all ports and IRQs.
> There's a procedure for setting up the hardware in the book but the ISA
> MODEM was found on reboot.
>
> Cheers,
>
> CR
>
> Devin Rader wrote:
> > So I went out
> > and bought a Award Technology ISA modem. I installed the modem and fired
> > up the PC, now I have no idea what to do with it. The device shows up in
> > the Mandrake hardware config under the unknown section, not under the
> > modem section. Do I need drivers or something? Also, I have a serial
> > mouse attached. Correct me if I am wrong, but are serial mice usually put
> > in COM1? If so, then I should make sure my modem jumpers are set to COM2
> > or 4, correct?
> > Anyway, thanks for any ideas you give!
> >
> > Devin
