Re: Plug and Play
You don't need BIOS support. You can set up ISA Plug & Play devices such as your modem
with the utilities found in the isapnp package. First install the isapnp package. To
configure it, first run pnpdump to scan your system for PNP devices and generate a
template config file. You'll redirect the output of the pnpdump command into the
config file the boot scripts will use to enable your modem (you must be root to do
this):
pnpdump > /etc/isapnp.conf
You then edit this file to select the device settings which will work in your system.
You need to select IRQ and IO port values that won't conflict with other devices in
your system. You can see what IRQ and IO ports are in use in your linux system by
running the commands:
cat /proc/ioports
cat /proc/interrupts
In the file you generated you'll need to uncomment the lines which will activate the
io ports and interrupts you've selected. There are comments in this generated file to
help you along. Make sure you also uncomment the 'ACT Y' line. When you've finished
you can run /etc/init.d/isapnp start to activate your modem. If you run into trouble
tell me what happened and be sure to send along your isapnp.conf file.
John Greer wrote:
> I have a Plug an Play modem that the BIOS does not recognize and
> so Debian does not see it either. Is there a way for me to configure
> the system so that the modem will be available to me? I can probably
> set it up so that I can configure it from DOS and then use loadlin to
> switch over. I played with this last night but without success. Thanks
>
> John
>
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