david <da...@kenpro.com.au> writes: > Ben Donohue wrote: > >> I have a requirement to have a FAX at home. >> >> I have vmware ESXi with CentOS virtual machines and would like to create a >> FAX machine hooked into a modem to the phone line. However solutions like >> Hylafax require a serial port but VMware does not support serial >> ports. (yet) > > <quote> > September 3, 2007. innotek today released VirtualBox 1.5.0 for Windows and > Linux. <snip> Version 1.5.0 also adds support for serial ports > </quote> > > That suggests that Virtualbox will do serial ports although it doesn't prove > that it actually does - I haven't tried. I do know from experience that you > can switch an existing vmware virtual machine over to virtualbox and that it > makes life a lot easier after you do.
I almost suggested something that made a similar assumption to you: that there was a host Linux or Windows OS that could, for example, run additional software. I noted the ESXi designation, which is the minimal bare-metal hypervisor, and doesn't run on top of another platform — so, moving would be a major, not minor, shift. [...] >> I'm just looking for some solution to mostly SEND faxes... less of a must >> having to RECEIVE faxes. But I suppose it should work both ways (in and >> out) if possible. [...] >> I'm still searching but open to idea's. Perhaps someone has found a perfect >> FAX solution already? Last time I needed personal fax I used these folks: http://www.utbox.net/ Honestly, dealing with faxing, and Hylafax, for work makes paying someone else to care still sounds like a *really* good deal to me. Daniel -- ✣ Daniel Pittman ✉ dan...@rimspace.net ☎ +61 401 155 707 ♽ made with 100 percent post-consumer electrons -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
