Re: [gentoo-user] Mounting a usb device

2009-06-30 Thread dhk
Stroller wrote: On 29 Jun 2009, at 13:53, dhk wrote: ... What do I do at this point to communicate with the device? Are you sure the device should appear as a mass storage device? That appears to be what you're expecting, but I don't find that clear at all. No, I'm not sure how the

Re: [gentoo-user] Mounting a usb device

2009-06-30 Thread Stroller
On 30 Jun 2009, at 11:21, dhk wrote: ... Finally, can you even install Linux on this scanner? Chances are its processor is ARM - Linux will run on that architecture, but you won't be able to chroot in from your x86 box install GRUB. Chances are that this scanner is some kind of rebadged HP

Re: [gentoo-user] Mounting a usb device

2009-06-30 Thread Pupino
Hi, I have no clues about cross compiling and bootloaders other than grub (ok, maybe lilo) but if you want to determine if that device is seen as a storage device why don't you just plug it in and have a look at dmesg? when I plug a usb key on my machine i see something like this: [ 1647.577443]

Re: [gentoo-user] Mounting a usb device

2009-06-30 Thread Paul Hartman
On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 7:53 AM, dhkdhk...@optonline.net wrote: Stroller wrote: On 29 Jun 2009, at 12:48, dhk wrote: I have a wireless hand held scanner that is temporary connected with a usb cable. I would like to embed Gentoo on it, but I don't know the mount. How can I find the device?

[gentoo-user] Mounting a usb device

2009-06-29 Thread dhk
I have a wireless hand held scanner that is temporary connected with a usb cable. I would like to embed Gentoo on it, but I don't know the mount. How can I find the device? lsscsi # just shows the scsi hard drive. cat /proc/partitions # just shows the eide and scsi partitions. lsusb # This

Re: [gentoo-user] Mounting a usb device

2009-06-29 Thread Stroller
On 29 Jun 2009, at 12:48, dhk wrote: I have a wireless hand held scanner that is temporary connected with a usb cable. I would like to embed Gentoo on it, but I don't know the mount. How can I find the device? lsscsi # just shows the scsi hard drive. cat /proc/partitions # just shows the

Re: [gentoo-user] Mounting a usb device

2009-06-29 Thread dhk
Stroller wrote: On 29 Jun 2009, at 12:48, dhk wrote: I have a wireless hand held scanner that is temporary connected with a usb cable. I would like to embed Gentoo on it, but I don't know the mount. How can I find the device? lsscsi # just shows the scsi hard drive. cat

Re: [gentoo-user] Mounting a usb device

2009-06-29 Thread Dale
Stroller wrote: On 29 Jun 2009, at 12:48, dhk wrote: I have a wireless hand held scanner that is temporary connected with a usb cable. I would like to embed Gentoo on it, but I don't know the mount. How can I find the device? lsscsi # just shows the scsi hard drive. cat /proc/partitions

Re: [gentoo-user] Mounting a usb device

2009-06-29 Thread dhk
Dale wrote: Stroller wrote: On 29 Jun 2009, at 12:48, dhk wrote: I have a wireless hand held scanner that is temporary connected with a usb cable. I would like to embed Gentoo on it, but I don't know the mount. How can I find the device? lsscsi # just shows the scsi hard drive. cat

Re: [gentoo-user] Mounting a usb device

2009-06-29 Thread Stroller
On 29 Jun 2009, at 13:53, dhk wrote: ... What do I do at this point to communicate with the device? Are you sure the device should appear as a mass storage device? That appears to be what you're expecting, but I don't find that clear at all. No, I'm not sure how the device should