*- On 1 Mar, Yi-ping Chang wrote about "How to keep both kernel-2.0.36 and
2.2.x? (in terms of lp setting)"
> Hi, there:
>
> I would like to keep both kernel-2.0.36 and 2.2.x in my machine. As you
> all have known, 2.2.x change the LPT1 as lp0. That becomes a problem if I
> want to keep both version of kernels. Any body got a solution?
>
> My idea is to modify the initializtion script (/etc/init.d/lpd) to
> recognize the version of kernel it is running and using different setting
> for corresponding kernels. But I am not familiar with script language...
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Yi-ping Chang
>
>
Well, if you only have one parallel printer you could remove the
/dev/lp1 device file and make link of /dev/lp1 -> /dev/lp0 (i.e. 'ln
-s /dev/lp0 /dev/lp1'). That should work.
No need to modify a file, although that would be the most robust
solution.
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Brian
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