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From: dhk <dhkuhl@×××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Mounting a usb device
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:21:55
Message-Id: 4A49E740.4060801@optonline.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Mounting a usb device by Stroller
1 Stroller wrote:
2 >
3 > On 29 Jun 2009, at 13:53, dhk wrote:
4 >>>> ...
5 >>>> What do I do at this point to communicate with the device?
6 >>>
7 >>> Are you sure the device should appear as a mass storage device? That
8 >>> appears to be what you're expecting, but I don't find that clear at all.
9 >>>
10 >>
11 >> No, I'm not sure how the device should appear. However, I thought it
12 >> should look like any other disk or usb stick since it currently has a
13 >> Microsoft CE on it, which I want to change to Gentoo.
14 >
15 > I don't think that's a reasonable conclusion _at all_.
16 >
17 > If the scanner plugs into a Windows PC and appears as a disk drive then,
18 > sure, I'd expect to be able to treat it the same under Linux. But,
19 > assuming it plugs into a Windows PC at all, it's more likely that the
20 > manufacturer's software (which you'll need on the PC anyway, to handle
21 > barcode & stock-control data?) talks to it over in some
22 > proprietary-over-serial format.
23 >
24 > Finally, can you even install Linux on this scanner? Chances are its
25 > processor is ARM - Linux will run on that architecture, but you won't be
26 > able to chroot in from your x86 box & install GRUB.
27 >
28 > Chances are that this scanner is some kind of rebadged HP iPaq or
29 > something, onto which Linux has been / can be cludged onto, but you seem
30 > to be making a lot of assumptions ahead of time.
31 >
32 > Stroller.
33 >
34 >
35 >
36 I done have a Windows box so I don't know how it looks on that.
37 However, I already build the arm cross compiler and have a kernel to
38 install on it, the only thing is I don't know how to reach it. Now I
39 just want to know how to get the kernel to the device. This may be a
40 bigger project than I thought.
41
42 Thanks.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Mounting a usb device Stroller <stroller@××××××××××××××××××.uk>