Can't install parallel port

[Mike Protts]

This is similar to a problem I had where the parport drivers in Linux were
not in the kernel - I had to:
insmod parport
insmod parport_pc

however I'm having problems with parallel & serial comms - I'll post my
problems separately!

Thanks
Mike
Jim Hendricks <jim...@starstream.net> wrote in message
news:938rqq$rku$1...@london.vmware.com...
>
> VMWare on my Mandrake-Linux 7.2 runs fine in all respects but one--I can't
> get a parallel port set up. When I install, there are four serial ports
> shown, but I have only two. The motherboard and its bios do support 2
> serial ports + 2 USB ports. I am somewhat confused when it comes to
> picturing how the motherboard bios and the VMWare bios interact--if they
> do. When I go into the control panel of Windows98, within VMWare, I
delete
> the extra ports but am still unable to get a parallel port recognized.
Sure
> would appreciate some help from all the experts in this forum.
> My system is: Asus CUSL2 motherboard, Intel Plll 800mhz, 128 mb ram, 2
hard
> drives. I have followed all instructions in the installation. I have
edited
> the configuration file several times. Still no clue to solving the
problem.
> By the way, the parallel port works fine in Linux.