Windows 2000 installation disk?

[John Martin]

I also can help if other offers fall through. Email me off-list if needed.  -j


On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 12:52 PM, Digimer <linux-5ZoueyuiTZhBDgjK7y7TUQ at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> 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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