On 08-Nov-03 Edenyard wrote:
Ted wrote:
Anyway, as Adam says, it would help to know why you want Linux not to know about /dev/ttys0
I still need /dev/ttyS1 to work, since that's where my modem is connected, so disabling serial support altogether isn't really an option.
Thanks for the explanation! I see the point.
Anyway, I'm going to suggest something which may or may not work, but which can at least be easily undone if it doesn't.
1. As root,
mv /dev/ttyS0 /dev/ttyS0.bak
2. reboot.
You may get complaints about /dev/ttyS0 not being there (which is what you wanted anyway ... ), but with luck Linux will not have got it in an arm-lock once all is booted up and dosemu should have it to itself.
There may be a problem arising from the initial hardware probe at the start of boot: if Linux _at that point_ lays claim to the hardware device then there may still be conflicts. I haven't tried the above, so it's only a (possibly uninspired) guess.
If it doesn't work, then of course
mv /dev/ttyS0.bak /dev/ttyS0
and reboot.
Good luck! Ted.
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