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Accessing Winmodems and Winprinters on Linux Hosts
Details
Can I access Winmodems and Winprinters from within a virtual
machine on a Linux host?
Solution
Virtual machines on a Linux host cannot access Winmodems and
Winprinters, as these devices ship with drivers designed to run
them on a Windows host operating system. If these drivers are made
available for a Linux host operating system, either by the original
vendor or a third party, then the virtual machine should be able to
communicate with the devices provided the drivers export the modem
or printer interfaces in a standard way (that is, so virtual
machines could access these devices via their serial or parallel
ports). Go to www.linmodems.org for more information.
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