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 device should appear. However, I thought it >> should look like any other disk or usb stick since it currently has a >> Microsoft CE on it, which I want to change to Gentoo. > > I don't think that's a reasonable conclusion _at all_. > > If the scanner plugs into a Windows PC and appears as a disk drive then, > sure, I'd expect to be able to treat it the same under Linux. But, > assuming it plugs into a Windows PC at all, it's more likely that the > manufacturer's software (which you'll need on the PC anyway, to handle > barcode & stock-control data?) talks to it over in some > proprietary-over-serial format. > > 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 iPaq or > something, onto which Linux has been / can be cludged onto, but you seem > to be making a lot of assumptions ahead of time. > > Stroller. > > > I done have a Windows box so I don't know how it looks on that. However, I already build the arm cross compiler and have a kernel to install on it, the only thing is I don't know how to reach it. Now I just want to know how to get the kernel to the device. This may be a bigger project than I thought.
Thanks.
