Hi, On Sat, Oct 05, 2002 at 08:19:08PM +0200, Till Kamppeter wrote: > Henning Meier-Geinitz wrote: > > > >The main problem is that I haven't found any way to extract the files. > >I tried unzip, cabextract, and i6comp but nothing was able to extract > > What is "i6comp"? Where can I find it?
That's a tool to decompress windows packages created by Install Shield. http://myplc.com/sony/i6comp_howto.htm I can run it in wine, but it doesn't seem to be able to unpack the binary files. > >the firmware from the windows binaries. These aren't simple > >self-extracting zip files but a complete installation program with the > >twain drivers, firmware, documentation in one single file. > > > > So every manufacturer re-invents the wheel with a new > compressing/packaging format? Hey, that's Windows! :-) > Or do they even encrypt there stuff to ensure that the user has > Windows running on his box? No idea. > >Maybe this firmware-download on-demand is an idea for the > >distributions' scanner tools. > > > > It should be in the program which sets up the scanner. The firmware > should not be taken from the internet/CD whenever one starts "xsane" or > "(x)scanimage". Therefore we also need a standardized place where to put > the extracted firmware files. That's what I meant, yes. > >It would be easier if we could place the firmware files on a webserver > >somewhere. Or if someone writes a GPLed frimware :-) > > > > When the manufacturers allow us to re-distribute them. Then we could > even put them onto the CDs of the distros. I have asked Mustek about that. Let's see what they say. Fo one scanner (BearPaw 1200 CU), there is a Linux RPM package that contains the firmware. For some others, the firmware is /unpacked) in the CD's WinXP directory. But for some scanners, the only way seems to be to install the driver on a Windows system and copy the firmware from the Windows directory to the Linux system. Bye, Henning
