From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 24 18:58:59 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id SAA01707 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 24 Nov 1997 18:58:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from smmcroute.smmc.qld.edu.au (smmcdialin.ultra.net.au [203.56.101.65]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id SAA01692 for ; Mon, 24 Nov 1997 18:58:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bsd@smmcroute.smmc.qld.edu.au) Received: from staff2.smmc.qld.edu.au (staff2.smmc.qld.edu.au [203.56.180.49]) by smmcroute.smmc.qld.edu.au (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id LAA08108 for ; Tue, 25 Nov 1997 11:35:18 +1000 (EST) Message-Id: <199711250135.LAA08108@smmcroute.smmc.qld.edu.au> Comments: Authenticated sender is From: "keith Spencer" To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1997 13:04:05 +0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: adding serial ports..tricky? Priority: normal X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v2.42a) Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hi folks, I have a 486 SX 33 with 2 serial ports an LPT1 8 Mb RAM 500Mb IDE drive Floppy VGA card a modem configured etc. I wish to add a couple of extra serial ports...my tech man says simply put a another super I/O board in and disable the drive bits. But he is unsure that it is that simple in FBsd UNIX. I know I'd have to re-build the KERNEL but is the hardware addition simply as he suggests?...any knowledge out there...Thanks I wish to add some dial-in modems for my school teachers to get into our intranet Bye...keep smiling Keith Spencer BSD newbie & IT coordinator @ St Margaret Marys College in Townsville Australia