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Stroller wrote: |
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> On 29 Jun 2009, at 13:53, dhk wrote: |
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>>>> What do I do at this point to communicate with the device? |
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>>> Are you sure the device should appear as a mass storage device? That |
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>>> appears to be what you're expecting, but I don't find that clear at all. |
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>> No, I'm not sure how the device should appear. However, I thought it |
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>> should look like any other disk or usb stick since it currently has a |
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>> Microsoft CE on it, which I want to change to Gentoo. |
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> I don't think that's a reasonable conclusion _at all_. |
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> If the scanner plugs into a Windows PC and appears as a disk drive then, |
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> sure, I'd expect to be able to treat it the same under Linux. But, |
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> assuming it plugs into a Windows PC at all, it's more likely that the |
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> manufacturer's software (which you'll need on the PC anyway, to handle |
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> barcode & stock-control data?) talks to it over in some |
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> proprietary-over-serial format. |
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> Finally, can you even install Linux on this scanner? Chances are its |
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> processor is ARM - Linux will run on that architecture, but you won't be |
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> able to chroot in from your x86 box & install GRUB. |
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> Chances are that this scanner is some kind of rebadged HP iPaq or |
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> something, onto which Linux has been / can be cludged onto, but you seem |
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> to be making a lot of assumptions ahead of time. |
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> Stroller. |
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I done have a Windows box so I don't know how it looks on that. |
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However, I already build the arm cross compiler and have a kernel to |
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install on it, the only thing is I don't know how to reach it. Now I |
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just want to know how to get the kernel to the device. This may be a |
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bigger project than I thought. |
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Thanks. |