From: Digest To: "OS/2GenAu Digest" Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2010 00:01:14 EST-10EDT,10,1,0,7200,4,1,0,7200,3600 Subject: [os2genau_digest] No. 2029 Reply-To: X-List-Unsubscribe: www.os2site.com/list/ ************************************************** Thursday 30 December 2010 Number 2029 ************************************************** Subjects for today 1 Re: New setup : Peter L Allen" **= Email 1 ==========================** Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2010 10:37:06 +1000 (EST) From: "Peter L Allen" Subject: Re: New setup On Wed, 29 Dec 2010 15:04:05 +1100, Alan Duval wrote: snip >transferred also has Ubuntu 9.04 installed and I can dual boot to it. >It also works well but I can only access the scanner from root even >though I've written new UDEV rules for it. Messed with a few scanner setups but ended up buying (which for me says something!) Vuescan from http://www.hamrick dot com/ which is continuously updated. Licence covers Doze, Mac and Linux versions. On my Kubuntu setup had to add myself to the scanner group before I was allowed to drive it. > >To use WIN 7 I have to change the boot priority in BIOS. This is a >bugbear but doesn't take long. >I had bought removable racks so that I could just change the racks to >use the different SATA drives but found that the MSY PC doesn't have any >additional 4 pin power connectors, only SATA type power connectors. Sort of done the same here for a few years only with a 5 drive "hotswap" unit with SCSI drives. Extremely reliable and the 15k drives are pretty quick, > >Anyhow this MSY PC is working well and is quick, so I will transfer >some additional files from my other PC to ECS and mothball the other PC >as I have never been very impressed with the Gigabyte MB. > >One question: for the protocols in MPTS should I enter IBM Netbios or >IBM Netbios over TCP/IP as well as IBM TCP/IP ? Ordinary old Netbios works here with XP, Kubuntu 8.04 and W4. Playing with test installs of ECS - no joy yet. allenpl > >Regards, > >Alan Duval > > >-------------------------------------------------- > > http://www./melbpc/ - The Melbourne OS/2 SIG === > > -------------------------------------------------- http://www./melbpc/ - The Melbourne OS/2 SIG ===