Run SCO OpenServer in a VM?

[Bill Davidsen]

Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
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> On 10/23/2011 03:34 PM, Bill Davidsen wrote:
>> I have a friend who is running his business on an old OpenServer machine, and
>> would love to be able to just run a copy in a VM. The issue is that it talks to
>> the old serial terminals through a multiport card. Any hope that I could get KVM
>> to provide usable serial ports to the VM using a modern card? Or even not so
>> new, I have a case of unused "HUB6" cards and would be glad to find a home for
>> one, since modem pools are not a big thing anymore.
>>
>> I last did SCO admin for a living in 1993, and have done little but Linux since,
>> so I'm not right on top of this OS any more :-(
>>
> I have not tried it, so this is just an idea. If Linux supports the
> multi-port card, and it does support some, then map that many serial
> ports from the VM to the actual ports. You will have to check if
> your VM has enough virtual ports to make it work.
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> Mikkel
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I will look into that, hoped someone had done it, as I don't really see a way to 
fake the device.

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