Re: [PARPORT] Daisy chain CDrom and printer?


grant@torque.net
Mon, 12 Apr 1999 08:42:04 -0400 (EDT)


> If I understand correctly, I can use parport to "daisy chain"
> devices on the parallel port. Does this mean I can use my
> printer which is plugged into the back of the CDrom?

In principle, yes.

BUT, parport is a 2.2 feature and is not available in 2.0 kernels
(such as the kernel distributed with RedHat 5.2.)

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