Date: Tue, 13 Feb 1996 17:18:11 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: lliu@twolf7.EE.WASHINGTON.EDU (Le-Chin Eugene Liu) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem of Install FreeBSD 2.1! Message-ID: <199602140018.RAA24131@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.ULT.3.91.960213124616.255A-100000@twolf7.ee.washington.edu> from "Le-Chin Eugene Liu" at Feb 13, 96 01:10:36 pm
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> > The video card you are using illegally (IMO) uses the com3 address range. > > Sorry to correct you, but I think the address is COM4(sio3), 0x2e8. > I have the same problem using a new ATI CT Mach64 card. From what I > was told, the story is that IBM used 0x2e8 in their 8514A standard. > So for compatibility's reason, other graphic chips use that address, > too. But usually, the they have the register "hidden" until the > enhanced mode is invoked. Unfortunately, Mach64 has that register > always activated. That causes the problem. Thanks for the correction. This should go into the FAQ. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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