On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 9:01 PM, Fred James <[email protected]>wrote:
> Denis Heidtmann wrote: > > The need is for a laptop to run an HP S20 slide scanner, using Windows 95 > or > > 98, since that scanner has no Linux support. I have tried in the past > using > > Windows 2K under VirtualBox, but that did not work. It used to work when > I > > was dual-booting to Windows ME. > > > > I recently received an HP Pavilion ze5375us with Ubuntu installed. > (Thanks > > Russell). He said that he had to try 2-3 times to get it to boot from > the > > CD to do the install, but got it done. Now the CD does not seem to work. > > The bios is very sparce, but it shows that it had a CD. Ubuntu shows it > > has a CD, but can tell me little about it. wodim --devices tells me that > > the drive is /dev/scd0, but nothing more. This machine has a floppy!, so > I > > booted to a Windows 98 startup disk to see what it would say about the > CD. > > It could not read it either. The message from the floppy said "some > drives > > require special drivers", and I saw some comments on the web about the CD > on > > this laptop failing due to driver issues. So this could be a hardware or > a > > SW issue. I took the drive out and gave it a cursory > inspection--relatively > > dust-free. No dice. > > > > So my questions: Are there suggestions as to what to do next with this > > laptop, or would it be better to look for one with a functioning CD and > save > > my energy for less frustrating tasks? This is cosmetically a very clean > > laptop, but not of use to me without a CD. > > > > Thanks for reading this far. > > > > -Denis > > > At least 3 of the comments on this article mention that the S20 is > supported on Linux under SANE and Gimp. > <http://photo.net/equipment/hp/scanner/photosmart-slide-scanner> > Hope that helps. I could add that I run an HP OfficeJet 7310 All-in-One > on Madriva 2008.0 with Gnome, and I have very good results scanning > (reflective copy) using either Gimp/SANE or HP Device Manager/Kooka (a > KDE GUI frontend using SANE libraries). > Regards > Fred James > > From SANE's website: Scanners not supported by SANE Manufacturer and model Hewlett-Packard Photosmart S20 (C5101A) The older model (scsi) is supported. I want the dedicated slide scanner rather than a flat-bed with adapters because of the ease of use and generally superior performance. It also tends to get less dusty inside. And I have it. -Denis _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
