and MOST important, turn OFF plug and pray aware OS in the BIOS
On Tuesday 11 December 2001 17:22, you wrote: > On Tue, 11 Dec 2001 16:52:39 -0500 > > Ed Tharp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > OK try "cat /proc/interrupts" > > > > On Tuesday 11 December 2001 10:19, you wrote: > > > Just enquired on the price of an external USR modem and was quoted > > > about R800. Before I end up having to fork out this dough I wondered > > > how to make the system detect new hardware i.e. the ISA USR modem, > > > eventhough it doesn't display it under the Mandrake Control Centre when > > > I am logged as as either a user or root. > > > > > > Tnx to Ed who suggested I try the command > > > of'/proc/pci|/home/hylton/proc-pci'. Turns out on opening the box that > > > the USR modem is in an ISA slot. I tried to use the command but > > > replace the PCI with ISA and all I got was something about command not > > > found. > > > > > > Before I have to cough dough, please tell me how to get this working. > > > Perhaps Dave in Iowa would let me know how he gets his USR modems > > > working? > > In some ways the installation and set-up of an ISA modem is the same as > that for a PCI modem, but there are some major differences. > An ISA will nearly always be a jumpered, you will need to use these to > manually set the IRQ, I/O, and Com port. > These must be properly set so that there are no conflicts with any other > hardware or with any settings in the system BIOS. > The setserial command can them be used to define your modem and allow for > its operation in linux. > > Here are 2 sites that may be of assistance in your endevor. > > http://linux.nf/isamodem.html > http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Modem-HOWTO-1.html > > > Charles
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