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Date:      Fri, 3 Jul 1998 17:10:14 -0700 (PDT)
From:      John Wilkes <john@wilkes.com>
To:        Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: linux emulation and dongle on serial port
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.3.95.980703170644.5862A-100000@del-mar.wilkes.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980702002640.18536a-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>

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On Thu, 2 Jul 1998, Doug White wrote:

> > I want to use some Linux software which requires a Rainbow dongle on the
> > serial port.  It works fine running native Linux, but with FreeBSD (2.2.5
> > and 2.2.6) Linux emulation, the hardware dongle is not recognized.  Is
> > there any restriction on using the serial ports with linux emulation?
> 
> Permissions?

Nope.  I can 'tip' to a modem on that port, and besides, I was running the
license installer as root.

Thanks for the suggestion though!

John

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