Hi,
No, theres no Linux support for the crappy ISA scsi card that
comes with Umax scanners. I'm assuming that you've got an Astra1220S
since thats probably the most common Umax scanner being bought/used right
now. I basicly hooked it up to my existing external scsi adapter and
installed sane. It works wonderfully. Make sure its recognized in BIOS
and in your scsi probe at startup (messages file) and you shouldn't have a
problem. I of course had to buy an adapter cable because my scsi card
doesn't have external scsi-2. Also if your box freezes on startup, then
remove the terminator from the scanner. I guess that'll only happen if
you have internal scsi devices on the same card... could be wrong though.
Hope this helps.
~~Kev
On Fri, 12 Feb 1999, Lloyd Sumpter wrote:
>
> I have a UMAX SCSI Scanner that I want to hook to my Linux system (Redhat
> 5.2 with self-compiled 2.0.33 kernel). None of the attempts I've tried have
> worked easily. I'm sure I can get something to work - I'm wondering what's the
> "best bet" for me to concentrate my efforts on:
> - I can try to use the proprietary SCSI adapter that came with the scanner
> - I can attach it to my existing Adaptec 2940UW card (will this work?)
> - I can try to get my "spare" Adaptec 1542C card to work (IRQ problem?)
> - I can buy another SCSI adapter and use it.
>
> I would guess that the easiest is to use the 2940UW, but will that work with
> a scanner? I hear they "take over" the bus, and since all my HD's are on that
> scanner, they need to accessed.
> If I remember correctly, the main 1542C problem is that the sound card says
> it can't use IRQ5 when the 1542C is plugged in. But the 1542C is set for IRQ10
> (or something - NOT 5!).
> I doubt that Linux has a driver for the proprietary UMAX card - I was hoping
> for a Adaptec 1720 or something, but...
>
> Any help, or success stories, would be greatly appreciated!
>
>
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