[Lancaster] booting linux from a digital camera

[Ken Hough]

Andy,

All you need now is a pocket sized PC and a magnifying glass.(chuckle!)

Just goes to show how versatile Linux can be.

Haven't yet gone digital myself as I've a collection of 35mm gear and it 
would cost me about £1000 for the appropriate digital body. Guess I'll 
have to put up with scanners for a while longer.

BTW, if anyone is thinking of getting a flatbed scanner, get one by 
EPSON. Their support Linux is good. I've got a 'Perfection 2400 PHOTO' 
which gives reasonably good results with 35mm slides and negs.

Ken Hough


Andy Baxter wrote:
> Just worked out how to do this using my camera's usb connection. It appears as 
> a standard usb block device, so I tried installing a version of 
> damnsmalllinux that had been modified for usb pen drives on it, and it 
> worked. A bit weird plugging in the camera and then seeing it boot up from 
> that. The camera still works as a camera too, which is neat.
>