Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 10/23/2011 03:34 PM, Bill Davidsen wrote: >> I have a friend who is running his business on an old OpenServer machine, and >> would love to be able to just run a copy in a VM. The issue is that it talks to >> the old serial terminals through a multiport card. Any hope that I could get KVM >> to provide usable serial ports to the VM using a modern card? Or even not so >> new, I have a case of unused "HUB6" cards and would be glad to find a home for >> one, since modem pools are not a big thing anymore. >> >> I last did SCO admin for a living in 1993, and have done little but Linux since, >> so I'm not right on top of this OS any more :-( >> > I have not tried it, so this is just an idea. If Linux supports the > multi-port card, and it does support some, then map that many serial > ports from the VM to the actual ports. You will have to check if > your VM has enough virtual ports to make it work. > > Mikkel > I will look into that, hoped someone had done it, as I don't really see a way to fake the device. -- Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx> "We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
