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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!solaris.cc.vt.edu!usenet From: Ryan Schutt <rschutt@vt.edu> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: 4 COM ports under FreeBSD 2.0.5 Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1996 01:03:21 -0500 Organization: Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia Lines: 15 Message-ID: <30F5F9A9.41C67EA6@vt.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: dschutt.beva.blacksburg.va.us Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b5 (X11; I; BSD/386 uname failed) I've been trying to install another serial card into my computer. The 2 original com ports were on the motherboard. When I added the serial card, the 2 original ports were changed to COM3 and COM4. Ok, so when I boot up FreeBSD, it only finds the 2 newer ports. It doesn't find the 2 motherboard COM ports. I changed the ports and IRQ's so that they are all standard. But this brings up another question: since COM1 and COM3, and COM2 and COM4 have the same IRQ, will I be able to use them simultaneously? My goal is to have all 4 ports working simultaneously under FreeBSD. I have enough IRQ's to do that. Now if FreeBSD would just cooperate (and DOS, and Win95 for that matter too). Any insights into this problem would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Ryan