I've finally gotten sick of trying to get my Epson Perfection 1260 USB scanner to work. The Epson Iscan software won't work under Mandrake 9.1 (despite working very well under 9.0), and Epson seem to be slow to resolve issues with that (most users with a > 2.4.19 kernel will have trouble either running the software, or trouble compiling it).
I have decided to install Windows 98 or 98SE onto my system so I can use the scanner. My question is this...a dual-boot system is quite a simple system to create, provided Windows is already installed...but can I install Windows onto an existing Linux system?
I hate the idea of having Winblows on my PC but Linux solutions for this scanner are useless. I payed good money for the scanner, based on reports on linux hardware compatibility sites that claimed using the 1260 scanner would be fine. I wish I'd waited 3 months, because then I would have bought a different scanner to take account that so many users of later kernels cannot use that scanner...
Anyways, can anyone shed some light on installing Windows to a linux system?
Kind regards,
Chris Wilkinson, Christchurch.
