On Sat, 20 Sep 2003 18:34, you wrote:
imho you will have to explicitly make a partition available for windows
at the start of the disk. To do this you will have to use parted on a rescue
disk ( there is a bootable floppy available for the purpose ) to move
Linux out the way, edit /etc/{lilo.conf,fstab} and then run lilo again so
that the boot process knows about linux in its newly renamed partition.
Then you need to create and type the partition for the FAT windows
file system.
The whole process is error prone and fraught with gotchas. Take _great_ care.
It would be a much easier solution to install another disk to put windows on.
> *make sure you can boot linux from a floppy/cd
> *load windows, it wil overwrite the mbr and destroy your ability to boot
> linux off the hard drive's mbr
> *boot linux off your floppy/cd
> *edit your boot/lilo configuration file as appropriate to include the
> evil alternative. if lilo is your flavour, then re-run lilo. if grub is
> your flavour, set it up on your mbr again.
>
> but think about fixing your linux problem first. its really not worth
> going back.....
Indeed, but only if the end results are as good as the windows system gives.
The current words from the 'Net seem to imply that both the current SANE and the
drivers from EPSON support the 1260 scanner. Otherwise I echo Nick's sentiments.
I feel that I could make time to get this all going for you. Please contact me
off list to make a time.
--
Sincerely etc.,
Christopher Sawtell
