Date: Wed, 8 May 1996 19:24:42 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> To: Simon Stegmaier <stegms@aalsdt2.ostalb.de> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installation problems - Got stuck Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960508192317.9054B-100000@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Chameleon.950508004407.stegms@stegms.sdt.net>
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On Mon, 8 May 1995, Simon Stegmaier wrote: > I've made a boot floppy using 'makeflp.bat' since 'install.bat', > 'inst_ide.bat' etc. didn't work (EMM386 error). Then I bootet my system > and at the 'Boot:' prompt I typed '-c' to configure my hardware. In the > visual editor I assigned my serial Logitech mouse - which is connected to > Com2 - the same port adress (0x2F8) and Irq (3) as Com2. But the editor > said '2 conficts' and so during the installion process my mouse didn't > work. Isn't it right to assign the same values to my mouse and the com > port it is connected to? (I also tried other com ports but the result was > the same!) No extra configuration is necessary for serial mice, unless for some twisted reason your COM2 settings are different than the standard default. the only thing that makes use of the mouse is Xwindows, and it handles the mouse by itself. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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