> Message: 3
> Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:57:25 +0200
> From: Michael Thayer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: [vbox-users] Windows XP SP3 Parallel Port
> To: VirtualBox end user list <vbox-users@virtualbox.org>
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> Hello David,
>
> As far as I know, the right commands to enable the parallel port are
>
> $ VBoxManage setextradata <machine name>
> "VBoxInternal/Devices/parallel/0/LUN#0/Driver" "HostParallel"
>
> and
>
> $ VBoxManage setextradata <machine name>
> "VBoxInternal/Devices/parallel/0/LUN#0/Config/DevicePath"
> "/dev/parport0"
>
> where you can replace "/dev/parport0" with the device node of your
> parallel port. I don't know how high the chances are though that it
> will work, unless you are prepared to do some fixing yourself.
>
> Regards,
>
> Michael
Michael,
I tried the above and I broke my VM. I tried a few things with
permissions but very quickly got out of my depth. I do have
a /dev/parport0 which I assume is the device node of the parallel port.
The error message is shown below. I don't know how to interpret it.
cheers,
David
Unknown error creating VM.
VBox status code: -2103 (VERR_CFGM_VALUE_NOT_FOUND).
Result Code:
0x80004005
Component:
Console
Interface:
IConsole {1dea5c4b-0753-4193-b909-22330f64ec45}
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