I knew the IRQ address too. However, I had to issue the isapnp command
from isapnptools to get it to work. Finally, I don't have to run onto
campus to get info about LINUX!
> > What is the best way to get an ISA plug and play modem to work.
> I had no problem with my PnP modem since I knew which IRQ/ address it was
> using, if you know these then you can use setserial to set the required
> values at boot-time, in /etc/rc.2/rc.sysinit or whatever, e.g. I use
> setserial /dev/modem IRQ 5
> > I downloaded isapnptools but that brings me to the second question:
> > first I unzip the file isapnptools.tar.gz and that works fine, but when
> > I try
> > tar -x isapnptools.tar
> tar takes input from stdin, therefore use the f flag with a file, i.e.
> tar xf isapnptools.tar
> If you have the gzipped version (.tar.gz) you can also use the little-known
> (apparently) z switch, e.g.
> tar xfz tarfile.tar.gz
> > nothing happens. It just sits until I control-C it. I've also tried:
> > tar x isapnptools.tar
> > Same thing.
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