# Re: Please help me with unrecogn. scanner (Microtek 630)

Zygo Blaxell (u3nzrrvm@umail.furryterror.org)
16 Feb 1999 14:19:20 -0500

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In article <36C9608B.CD029EAB@raleigh.ibm.com>,
Robert J. Alexander <sane-devel@mostang.com> wrote:
>The scanner gets assigned /dev/sg1 normally, but if I boot with ALSO my
>4mm DAT SCSI tape on this device gets /dev/sg1 and the scanner becomes
>/dev/sg2 ...
>
>How can I force the scanner always to be /dev/sg1 ?

Change the SCSI ID's so the scanner's ID is lower than the DAT drive, or
write a script that reads /proc/scsi/scsi and figures out which sg device
the scanner has and updates a symbolic link named '/dev/scanner' to point
to the right sg device.

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