On Wednesday 21 Aug 2002 10:41 pm, you wrote: > On Wed, 21 Aug 2002 14:32:21 +0100 > > Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have a Canon file scanner which I have not yet been able to access, and > > a USB SmartMedia/CF card reader. Both appear to be recognised, but this > > is as far as I get. > > > > hub.c: USB new device connect on bus2/1/3, assigned device number 7 > > [root@anne-linux anne]# > > > > > > [root@anne-linux anne]# cat /proc/scsi/scsi > > Attached devices: > > Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 05 Lun: 00 > > Vendor: CANON Model: IX-27025E Rev: 1.13 > > Type: Scanner ANSI SCSI revision: 02 > > Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00 > > Vendor: MITSUMI Model: CR-48X9TE Rev: 1.0C > > Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02 > > Host: scsi2 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00 > > Vendor: Datafab Model: USB to CF + SM C Rev: 0017 > > Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 > > > > 1) How can I mount the Datafab card reader? > > > > 2) Is the film scanner unusable unless I can find a sane driver for it? > > When I tried to install it with a driver that looked possible I trashed > > my installation, so I don't want to do anything off-the-cuff here. Any > > advice welcome. > > > > It seems there is now a sane driver in alpha release, but I'm a bit > > nervous after the last fiasco. What safeguards can I take before trying > > it? Ideally I'd like to do something like DriveImage. > > > > Anne > > I can't answer your other questions, but if you are looking for something > like DriveImage, you might want to take a look at NovaStor's > InstantRecovery product. Basically, it is a bootable linux CD that can > copy your hard drive or any partition(s) on it to another drive or CDR/RW > on the fly. It's quite fast and easy to use, too.
Thanks - I'll check it out. > > BTW, I don't normally like buy this types of messages, but since > InstantRecovery is linux based and the readme has a plug for Mandrake, I > figure it is related to the purpose of the list. > > > Joe Understood - but if it makes learning about linux easier because we feel safer then it is well worth the mention. Anne
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