>From: terry jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 03:24:49 +0200 (CEST) >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Reflex 72 driver and VMware? >X-Mailer: VM 6.75 under Emacs 20.4.1 >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >hi folks. > >in a brave attempt to avoid having anything to do with M$, i've tried >to install Schlumberger's Cyberflex Simera Development Kit Pro on a >virtual NT machine running under VMware on Linux (redhat 6.1). > >but, the installshield process does not complete. the progress meter >gets to 99% and then sits there for about 15 seconds, and then closes. > > >i have 2 questions: > > - for any Linux/VMware users out there: have you tried this? > > - for any Schlumberger people: does the install process modify the > serial port driver under NT? i've been asked this by the VMware > people. i doubt that it does, but they'd like to know. > > >i guess that before too long there'll be a linux driver for the Reflex >72 Reader and we wont be forced to go to these elaborate (and >expensive) efforts to avoid having to use software from M$. i'd be >happy to hear when that day arrives. meanwhile, VMware takes some of >the sting out of it. > > >regards & thanks, >terry jones. > *************************************************************** Linux Smart Card Developers - M.U.S.C.L.E. (Movement for the Use of Smart Cards in a Linux Environment) http://www.linuxnet.com/smartcard/index.html ***************************************************************