🚀 go-pugleaf

OK,
                    in RH5.2, and with the older isapnptools, my
motorola isa PnP modem
                    worked fine when I put it on io 0x3e8 irq 4.  Since
these are default
                    resources for com3, I set /dev/modem to cua2 and the
rest fell into
                    place nicely.

                    Last night, my LSL Red Hat 6.0 came and like typical
newbie, I forgot to
                    save a backup copy of my old isapnp.conf file.  I
did the install and
                    there is a lot to like.  My problem is that now, it
seems io range
                    checking is enabled in isapnp.  That's probably a
good thing except that
                    the kernel already found com3 (cua2) in the
motherboard and all its
                    resources are supposedly unavailble.  Now, maybe I
should pick different
                    resources for the modem, but why should I have to?
Internal modems are
                    supposed to go on com3 or com4, right?, I have
absolutely nothing
                    plugged into com1 or com2 and I'd have to switch
jumpers or something to
                    make com3 and com4 into serial ports for external
access.

                    in a nutshell:

                    is it safe to remove 'CHECK' so that isapnp can
configure the modem?

                    OR

                    do I have to tell the kernel to _not_ set up com3 at
bootup.?  Is the
                    2.2... kernel doing anything different with the com
ports or is it doing
                    the same thing as 2.0.3.....



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