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- From: dlparker@dlpinc00.rn.com (David L. Parker)
- Subject: Re: Installation Help on Serial Card Please.
- Message-ID: <1992Sep11.114140.1105@dlpinc00.rn.com>
- Keywords: SCO UNIX, Serial Card
- Organization: Automated Data Management Services
- References: <1992Sep11.015811.8865@samba.oit.unc.edu>
- Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 11:41:40 GMT
- Lines: 33
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- In article <1992Sep11.015811.8865@samba.oit.unc.edu> Yanzhang.Lu@bbs.oit.unc.edu (Yanzhang Lu) writes:
- >I need to get a 12-port card working under SCO unix System V R3.2 Version
- >4. Here is some information about the card:
- >Global View 12-port Intelligent Adapter: 80186CPU , 6 DARTUS, 12 R-232
- >serial ports with DB25 connectors. JP2 is for IRQ setting (default is 10),
- >JP3 is for wait-state setting (default is 0), and SW1 is for base address
- >setting (default is 0x300).
- >
- >Following the instructions, I load the installation program to the hard
- >drive, then run the program in single user mode:
- >./gviiop
- >
- >According to the instruction, the screen should come out an menu for
- >further installation. However, I only got a line saying:
- >installation stop.
- >
- >I tried to set IRQ as 4, base address 0x3f8, then 3 and 0x2fe. It was just
- >the same. I called the company, but no one answer the phone. I know this
- >is not a standard card. But if you happen to use the same kind of card.
- >I'd like to know :
- >(1) How do you get it working?
- >(2) Is there a problem on the installation program?
- >(3) What IRQ number and base address should I use?
- >
- >Thank you very much for any help.
- >
-
- Are the standard serial port drivers still in the kernel? I would think
- that is an obvious addressing conflict.
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- Dave Parker
- Automated Data Management Services, Pleasant Hill, MO 64080-1331
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