Re: OffTopic: how do I add /dev/ttyS4 (com5)

["Eric G . Miller" <egm2@jps.net>]

On Tue, Sep 12, 2000 at 10:56:09PM -0500, William Jensen wrote:
> A friend of mine bought a new usr modem that is set to com5,
> unfortunetly the pc has no jumpers on the outside....so how can I get
> him a com5 in /dev?

Is it PCI? or is it on an expansion board? or?  If it's PCI, better
check: http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html .

If it's on an expansion board, you need a kernel that supports > 4
serial ports.  If it's ISA, you should be able to use one of 0-3 (check
your BIOS).

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