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<h1>Re: Rebop: Microtek V300</h1>
<b>mike</b> (<a href="mailto:v_due@mindspring.com"><i>v_due@mindspring.com</i></a>)<br>
<i>Mon, 21 Sep 1998 23:10:18 -0400</i>
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Manfred Lemke wrote:<br>
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<i>&gt; The /dev/sg? devices are the so-called "generic" SCSI devices</i><br>
<i>&gt; and programs use them to send specific, non-standard commands</i><br>
<i>&gt; to those SCSI devices.</i><br>
<i>&gt;</i><br>
<i>&gt; To activate those devices, you have to have "Generic SCSI</i><br>
<i>&gt; support" compiled into your kernel.</i><br>
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I didn't. I have it now.............<br>
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<i>&gt; Afterwards, the devices are mapped to the generic SCSI devices</i><br>
<i>&gt; in their order of recognition, i.e. usually sorted by SCSI ID.</i><br>
<i>&gt; A "dmesg" will usually give you a hint about which physical</i><br>
<i>&gt; device is linked to which generic device.</i><br>
<i>&gt;</i><br>
<i>&gt; As an example:</i><br>
<i>&gt;</i><br>
<i>&gt; If you have three SCSI devices with the following parameters:</i><br>
<i>&gt;</i><br>
<i>&gt; ID 0: harddisk</i><br>
<i>&gt; ID 2: CD ROM</i><br>
<i>&gt; ID 6: scanner</i><br>
<i>&gt;</i><br>
<i>&gt; Then the harddisk would be /dev/sga, the cd-rom would be /dev/sgb</i><br>
<i>&gt; and the scanner would be /dev/sgc.</i><br>
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I kinda-sorta thought that too, but I was unable to test it before I<br>
re-compiled the kernel for scsi generic support. On mine it turns<br>
out to be /dev/sge.<br>
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<i>&gt; As a side note, those "generic SCSI devices" are also used to</i><br>
<i>&gt; properly access CD-ROM writers and other such "unusual" devices.</i><br>
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Hmmm, all this time my cd has been working without scsi-generic. Must<br>
have been luck. 8-)<br>
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<i>&gt; Hope this helped you a bit,</i><br>
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Every little bit helps<br>
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<i>&gt;         Manfred Lemke (<a href="mailto:ukpr@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de">ukpr@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de</a>)</i><br>
<i>&gt;</i><br>
<i>&gt; P.S.: Can anyone tell me how to contact the SANE developer team</i><br>
<i>&gt; for the Mustek backend? My scanner has a firmware release that's</i><br>
<i>&gt; not included in the "working" sections, but it almost works</i><br>
<i>&gt; (see my previous posting).</i><br>
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Is there not a developer's name on the backend driver page? Hmm, I just<br>
looked. There are names, but no e-mails. Perhaps if you post to the list,<br>
they'll answer.<br>
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Mike DuFresne<br>
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