How to install a parallel pci card driver on Ubuntu embeded os

Are you sure that you have to install a specific driver for the PCI card? For several pieces of hardware the needed drivers are provided with the standard Ubuntu kernel packages, and they work out of the box.
How do you know that it is an Ubuntu system if you cannot access the operating system, and which release of Ubuntu is it?

Hi Manfred
Thanks for the reply
Hoping you are doing well during these trying times.
The reason I know it is Ubuntu OS, is because during the loading stage,
just before the game loads, it displays Ubuntu name on the screen.
Now I don't know if it is 32 or 64 bit.
I also thought I could just pop in the card and it would be plug & play,
but it doesn't recognize it. And this parallel port is required to plug a
device the game uses

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What is the output of:

lsb_release -a; uname -a; lsusb;

Thanks

Unfortunately I can not access the terminal function nor any folder or file
with a an embeded OS.
The computer powers up, I can't even see the post.
Then, the game loads up

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If you press CTRL + ALT + F1 can you get to TTY1 and run the commands

And what command should I type to push the driver

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Well we need to know what chip is being used by the device to know what needs doing. There is no single answer as there is more than one chip that can be used on a parallel pci card

Sorry for not getting back to you earlier, but it has been really crazy few days
 posted this in a new qFAQ and was told to close that one and post it on the original question
So, I tried to press CTRL+ALT+F1, but the screen keeps displaying black and eventually goes directly to load game and it won't allow me to type the command
So, I decided to use the Linux tool in the Hirens disk and lunch the terminal feature in it and type the lsb_release -a; uname -a; lsusb command and below is the information it displayed

welcome-Part Magic (linux 3.5.6 pmagic)
root@Partmagic: ~# lsb_release -a; uname -a; lsusb
LSB Version:
Distribution ID: n/a
Description: (none)
Release: n/a
Codename: n/a
Linux PartedMagic 3.5.6-pmagic #1 SMP Mon Oct 8 17:36:20 CDT 2012 i686 AMD PRO A12-8870 R7, 12 COMPUTE CO
RES 4C+8G Authentic AMD GNU/Linux
Bus 003 Device 002: IS 413c:1002 Dell Computer Corp. Keyboard Hub
Bus 003 Device 005: ID 03f0:134a Hewlett-Packard
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 0438:7900 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 004: ID 413c:2002 Dell Computer Corp. SK-8125 Keyboard
root@PartedMagic:~#

So I was wondering if this results are the game computer info
If not, what command should I type to insert the driver in the right folder, using this tool

So.... How is this Ubuntu related... At all?

This is another computer with regular Ubuntu 18.4 and I took the hard drive
from the game computer and hooked it up to this one.
The computer recognized the new HD; I opened the Terminal feature to try to
install the Parallel Port PCI card driver through here.
I was wondering if it is possible and how
Luis Correa Gilbert

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Can you SSH to the system?

Sorry, how do I do that
Luis Correa Gilbert

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If you take the hard disk from the game system, connect it to the other computer, and select to boot from that disk, does this work?

No Manfred it won't
Remember the Ubuntu OS is embedded.
So I decided to connected to the Ubuntu 18.8 as a second HD and the system
is recognizing it
I was wondering if, through the Terminal feature on the Ubuntu 18.4, I can
force install the Parallel Port PCI card driver

Luis Correa Gilbert

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1. If you add the game system's hard disk as second disk to another computer and mount it, what is the contents of

(mount point)/etc/lsb_release

2. It is required to identify some details (e.g. make and model) of the Parallel Port PCI Card to identify the required driver.

Good morning Manfred
I tried to mount it by typing command
mount /dev/sdb1
And I got a reply saying
mount: /dev/sdb1: can't find in /etc/fstab
Am I typing the wrong command?
If so, what command should I use to mount it
Luis Correa Gilbert

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You can either try mounting by using the file explorer program,
or you need to create a mount point (an empty directory) and specify the mount point in the mount command

Try:

sudo mkdir /media/tmp
sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /media/tmp

You can't just mount a partition unless it's described in /etc/fstab. Where would it mount to? The system has no idea so you get the error. The commands above tell the system to mount to a newly created folder.

You can now run:

sudo cat /media/tmp/etc/issue

What is the output, please?

I typed the command
sudo mkdir /media/tmp
and it ask for password for use1
I type the password for the Ubuntu 18.4 computer where I have the game
computer hooked on as a second HD and it rejects it, which tells me the
password is asking is the password for the second HD.
Unfortunately I do not have it
Is there a work around?

Luis Correa Gilbert

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I opened the second HD through the GUI explore on the Ubuntu 18.4 computer
and these are the titles for folders
bin, boot, cdrom, dev, etc, home, lib, media, mnt, opt, pm, proc, root (has
an X on the file), run, sbin, srv, tmp, ust, var
and several files
g3 (looks like a read file), initrd (also, looks like a read file), vmlinuz
(looks like a exe ile)
Luis Correa Gilbert

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Open the etc folder then open the issue file in a text editor. What does it contain please?

When I opened the etc folder through the GUI explore it shows several
folders
acpi, alternatives, apm, apparmor, apport, apt, aptdaemon, at-spi2, avahi,
bash_completion.d, bluetooth, bonobo-activation, brltty, ca-certificates,
calendar, chatscripts, compizconfig, console-setup, cracklib, cron.d,
cron.daily, cron.hourly, cron.monthly, cron.weekly, cups, cuphelpers,
dbus-1, dconf, default, depmod.d, dhcp, dictionaries-common, dnsmask.d,
doc-base, dpkg, emacs, esound, firefox, fonts, fstab.d, gconf, gdb,
ghostscript, gnome, gnome-app-install, gnome-vfs-2.0, groff, grub.d,
gtk-2.0, gtk-3.0, hasplm, hp, ifplugd, init, init.d, initramfs-tools,
insserv, inssrv.conf.d, iproute2, kbd, kernel, ld.so.conf.d, ldap, libnl-3,
libpaper.d, libreoffice, lightdm, logcheck, logrotate.d, modprobe.d,
modules-load.d, networks, NetworkManager, newt, obex-data-server,
OpenCL,opt, pam.d, pcmcia, perl, pki, pm, polkit-1, ppp, profile.d, pulse,
python,python2.7, python3, python4, rc0.d, rc1.d, rc2.d, rc3.d, rc4.d,
rc5.d, rc6.d, rcs.drequest-key.d, resolveconf, rsyslog.d, samba, sane.d,n
security, selinux,, densors.d, sgmlsignon-ui, skel, sound,
speech-dispacher, ssh, ssl, subversion, sudoers.d, sysctl.d, systemd,
terminfo, thermaid, thunderbird, udev, udisk2, ufw, update-manager,
update-otd, update-modifier, UPower, usb_modeswitch.d, vim,
vulkan,wpa_supplicant, x11, xdg, xml
and several files
adduser.conf, anacrontab, apg.conf, bash,bashrc, bash_completion,
bindrsvport.blacklist, blkid.conf, blkid.tab, brlapi.key (this is
displayed with a monitor icon), britty.conf, ca-certificates.conf,
colord.conf, crontab, debconf.conf, debian_version, deluser.conf, drirc
(this is displayed with </> icon), enviromrnt, fstab, fuse.conf (this file
shows an X on it), gai,conf, group, group- (this file shows an X on it),
gshadow- (this file shows an X on it), hdparm.conf, host.conf, hostname,
host, host.allow, host.deny, inputrc, insservissue, issue.net,
kernel-img.conf, ld.so..cache, ld.so.conf, legal, libaudit.conf,
libuser.conf, lintiarc, locale.alias, localtime, logindefs, logrotate.conf,
lsb-release, ltrace.conf, magic, magic.mime, mailcap, mailcap.order,
manpath.config, mime.types, mke2fs.conf, modules, mtab, mtab.fuselock (this
file shows an X on it), mtools.conf, nanorc, netscsid.conf, netwoks,
nsswitch.conf, os-release, pam.conf, papersize, passwd, passwd- (this file
shows an X on it), PhysX.conf, pnm2ppa.conf, popularity-contest.conf,
profile, protocols, rc.local, request-key.conf, resolve.conf, rmt, rpc,
rsyslog.conf, securetty, sensor3.conf, services, shadow (this file show an
X on it), shadow- (this file show an X on it), shells, signond.conf,
subgid, subgid-, subuid, subuid- (this file show an X on it), sudoers (this
file show an X on it), sysctl.conf, timezone, ucf.conf, updatedb.conf,
upstart-xsessions, usb_modeswitch.conf, vdpau_wrapper.cfg, vtrgb, wgetrc,
wodim.conf, zsh_command
 These were all the folders and files that were displayed.
Now, if you provide me an email address I can send you the screenshots I
have, so that you can visualize them better, that would be great
Luis Correa Gilbert

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We do not need screenshots.

Click on the file named "issue.net" with the right mouse button and select "open with editor" (or similar), and then tell us what the contents of that file are. Then close the editor and do the same with the file named "lsb-release".

When I opened the issue.net file with text editor, it displayed
Ubuntu 14.4,5 LTS
When I opened lsb-release with text editor, it displayed
DISTRIB_ID= Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=14.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=trusty
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS"
Luis Correa Gilbert

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That release of Ubuntu is end of life and no longer supported in any way. I suggest you wip the drive and do a clean install of Focal. Focal is LTS and supported until April 2025.

Unfortunately the Game install disk is all integrated and bundled with
Ubuntu 14.4 OS
So that is why I am wondering if I can force install the driver with the
latest setup (having the game HD plugged in as a second HD in the Ubuntu
18.4 computer
Luis Correa Gilbert

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We can't support 14.04. It is end of life.

Ok, now we know the operating system, Ubuntu 14.04 - already end of life, but packages should be available on the archive server.

Now we need to know details about the of the Parallel Port PCI Card (e.g. make and model) to identify the required driver (if such driver is available at all)..

Hi Manfred
The information on the card is
Make: SYBA
Model: SD-PEX1005
PCI Express Parallel card
It came with a CD with its drvers
Luis Correa Gilbert

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According to a web search, this might need the MCS9900.ko or MCS9901.ko driver module, which I do not find in the standard Ubuntu kernels.
https://www.sybausa.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=142 might provide the required source.

For the next step I want to go back to comment #13
What happens if you try booting the hard disk of the game system directly on the other computer?
And: Can you bring up the grub menu in that configuration (by hitting the left shift key early during booting)?
Or, is it possible to start a virtual terminal (e.g. shift-ctrl-F3)

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