Surely it would be cheaper to buy a new scanner than to purchase VMware simply to use a windows only scanner. Wouldn't it? Nothing against VMWare, it does what it does very well, but this seems like overkill.
Joe On 06 May 2002 22:53:24 -0500 Jim Dawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Do we have any VMware experts here? > > I am trying to install Windows 98 under VMWare 3.1 on my Mandrake 8.2 > computer in order to operate my blankedy-blank Windows-only scanner. > When I start my Win98 session I get the following error: > > Cannot open /dev/parport0: Permission denied > Device parallel0 will start disconnected > > I issued a 'chmod 666 /dev/parport0' to eliminate permissions as being a > problem, and I get the following error: > > Parallel port "/dev/parport0" is used by another program (such > as another instance of VMware Workstation) or driver (such as > lp). > Device parallel0 will start disconnected. > > This is odd as I don't have anything using the parallel port at this > time. > > Whats odd is that it was working with the same configuration with VMware > 3.0 under Mandrake 8.1. I have the parallel port configured as follows: > > Type: Device > Path: /dev/parport0 > Bidirectional: Checked > Start Connected: Checked > > Does anyone have any ideas as to what the problem might be? > > Thanks in advance. > > >
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