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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.hawaii.edu!ames!usenet.kornet.nm.kr!xpat.postech.ac.kr!news.kreonet.re.kr!usenet.seri.re.kr!news.cais.net!primus.ac.net!news.serv.net!solaris.cc.vt.edu!csugrad.cs.vt.edu!csugrad.cs.vt.edu!not-for-mail From: cremeans@csugrad.cs.vt.edu (Lee Cremeans) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.1 can't boot with serial ports enabled Date: 28 Jan 1996 23:00:51 -0500 Organization: Virginia Tech Computer Science Dept, Blacksburg, VA Lines: 16 Message-ID: <4ehgpj$v2k@csugrad.cs.vt.edu> References: <4dvhd0$6lv@nntp5.u.washington.edu> <4e3sc1$6th@uriah.heep.sax.de> <4e953d$j0e@nntp5.u.washington.edu> X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] L. Liu (lliu@u.washington.edu) wrote: : You're right. I finally found the problem is my ATI Mach64 card. I'll : try to recompile the kernel according to your suggestion. Why did ATI : want to use a well-know port address anyway? You can blame IBM for that. On the 8514/A video card, this port was used as an extended control port. ATI's high-end cards have always been compatible with it, right down to that port. Lee C. at school -- ***********http://csugrad.cs.vt.edu/~cremeans***** *Lee Cremeans * hcremean@vt.edu *CS major--Virginia Tech * cremeans@csugrad.cs.vt.edu (preferred) ***********TeamOS/2--FreeBSD--UNIX--Macintosh*****