RE: [Xen-devel] Xen 2.05 - using printer (/dev/lp0) from a guest linux OS?

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No, it's an old parallel port printer... I was hoping for a way to
export /dev/lp0 to the guest, but it doesn't sound like there's a way.

I wanted to set up a print server in a guest OS, then move the guest OS
setup to a bootable CD and have a stateless print server... xen would
make this a little easier since reboots are faster... using lpr might be
close enough for testing.

On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 21:07:48 +0100, "Ian Pratt"
<m+Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxx> said:
> > Is there any way for the guest OS to use the printer?
> 
> If it's a USB printer, you could try exporting it (exclusively) to the
> guest using the new USB virtualization stuff.
> 
> If you want to share the printer between domains, use CUPS, LPRng or
> Samba as you would for sharing a printer between physical machines.
> 
> Ian
> 
> > Right now, my debian guest OS (using the xen linux 2.6 unpriv kernel)
> > can't see the printer at all.
> > 
> > My dom0 OS is ubuntu, based on debian.
> > 
> > Thanks.
> > 
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