Windows 2000 installation disk?
Digimer
linux-5ZoueyuiTZhBDgjK7y7TUQ at public.gmane.org
Fri Mar 5 17:52:54 UTC 2010
On 10-03-05 12:09 PM, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:
> Does anyone have an install disk for Win 2000 pro that they would be
> willing to lend me?
>
> Here's the story:
>
> I have an old sheetfeed scanner (Canon DR3080c). I got it from freecycle
> some time ago. No Linux support. Windows support for XP, but I cannot
> get it to work.
>
> So I was going to get rid of it. But just when I was about to, I
> discovered that there is a now SANE driver for Linux for that family
> of scanners. It first appeared about a year ago.
>
> It does not support my model but the driver author is quite willing to
> work with me. It has come down to a point where he needs to capture a
> SCSI stream from a working Windows driver. XP would do, but I cannot
> get it to work (the driver dates from 2003).
>
> I think Win2k would work, but I don't have Win2k. I do have a
> computer with a Win2k Pro 1-2 CPU license (actually, three such
> computers).
>
> So: if I can borrow an Win2K installation disk, I can help advance
> Linux. I think that borrowing one should be legitimate since I do
> have the license.
>
> (Not ever having used Win2k, nor installed it, I may be in for a treat.)
I've got a copy lying around... Send me an email off-list tonight if
you've not heard back from me (or someone else) in case I forget to look
for it when I get home.
Madi
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