Date: Tue, 10 Jan 1995 21:48:34 -0600 (CST) From: Steve Bartling <bartling@ibmoto.com> To: jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com (Joe Greco) Cc: bartling@ibmoto.com Subject: Re: Serial Upgrade Problems ( spontaneous reboots ) Message-ID: <199501110348.VAA23001@bartling.ibmoto.com> In-Reply-To: <9501110039.AA01603@brasil> from "Joe Greco" at Jan 10, 95 06:39:04 pm
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I got it to work. My problem was simple in hindsight. I had booted DOS first, aborted a lengthy configuration of my sound card, tested the serial ports, then "warm-booted" my machine ( ctrl-alt-del ). I then brought up FreeBSD. By this process, my sound card was partially configured and the software programmable IRQ's ended up conflicting with other cards installed in my system ( including the serial ports ). I can duplicate this behavior at any time. The solutions are simple .. A) Never abort the configuration of my sound card during DOS boot. B) Power down the system before booting unix. C) Boot straight into unix. Options (A) and (C) sound fine with me. Thanks for the feedback. - Steve Bartling > > > So ... I "upgraded" my serial port to a "Enhance" 2S 1P port > > card that has an ASIC on it to provide dual "16550AFN compatibility". > > It uses the StarTek chipset ( ooohhh, a NAME BRAND ! ). > > > > But ... after I slattach, I no longer receive any packets in response > > to bootptest, ping, etc. > > I've a dozen (or more) STB DSP/550 dual serial / parallel cards, all based > on the StarTech part. They've worked flawlessly for ages, under all > versions of FreeBSD... so I don't think it's the StarTech part. Can't > offer any more than that, though. Sorry! > > ... JG >
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