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Perhaps I wasn't clear in my initial post. I want to install Linux Mint on a second hard drive on a Windows Vista machine. If I already have a second formatted hard drive that is recognized in Windows Vista, is there a way of downloading LM to the Vista hard drive and directly installing it onto the...

Running a Windows Vista machine.
Is there a way of downloading and installing LM 17 directly to a second hard drive on the Vista machine without burning a dvd or using usb stick for the install?

OK so I've discovered that I can neither backup files or software using the Mint 15 Backup tool and the webosphere says I'm not alone! If this is simply a joke program with a nice interface, are there any tutorials or tools that will accomplish the same as the tool pretends to offer? I can easily co...

There are reasons for using Vuescan, scanner not supported by SANE, certain enhancements etc. I use vuescan and it is a very self contained application. Works fine from the home partition, no root required. Thank you all for the feedback. Yeah my Canoscan 4400F was unsuported by Sane. When I tried ...

robbmcinty wrote:thanks for the help but vue scan doesn't recognize the scanner either.

Open VueScan as Root. It should then find scanner.

Whoah big fella!
This is the newbie side of the site, ins't it?
Where do I make these changes and how do I save these changes??
So far all I have been doing is right click and "open as root".
Thanks.

I downloaded VueScan.
It only works as root to access scanner.
How can I set this program to automatically run as Root.

While I have been able to enable the Scan-to button on the MFC7860dw for scanning single pages, I haven't been successful in scanning multiple pages from the Automatic Document Feeder . Brother Linux support rep confirmed this on his machine this morning and was advancing the bug for consideration. ...

Left internet time alone in Windows 7. In Linux, gedit /etc/default/rcS, I changed # assume that the BIOS clock is set to UTC time (recommended) UTC= yes to # assume that the BIOS clock is set to UTC time (recommended) UTC= no Works like a charm. Will I have to do DST updates? Small price to pay as ...

Date and time changes when selecting between Win 7 and Linux Mint on two separate HDs. Looks to be a six hour difference bewteen the two.
HP DC7900

This for mulatiple pages from adf
http://griechenzicken.blogspot.com/2011/03/using-adf-via-scan-to-keys-of-brother.html

Mint 15 Linux Mint theme I want to be able to change a computer name so as to be able to distinguish it differently by my Brother MFC7860 scanner/printer. Initially I had computers named jim@jim-Vostro-410 and jim@jim-hpdc7900 My Brother MFC 7860 saw each computer as "jim". I changed the s...

http://griechenzicken.blogspot.com/2011/02/functionalizing-scan-to-key-of-brother.html
Above link solves scan to button.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3teSzoXpNA The above linked vieo shows how to install a Linux unsupported scanner on a Virtual Box set up in Linux for Windows XP. That got me to thinking (dangerous) if it was possible to install within WINE on Linux. I am a novice here so someone else will have to ...

I am trying to enable the Brother MFC 7860dw Scan Button on the machine itself. Within Windows 7 or XP, there is an option to enable the Scan button on the machine so that it shows each machine enabled to recieve the scan from the machine's LED screen. I can scan from Simple Scan or XSANE from withi...

http://agilepro.com/mod_geek/it-and-troubleshooting/epson-stylus-nx625-and-others-on-linux/ Check out the comments. There may be some hints for you. I spent an entire day setting up the scanner on my Brother 7860dw so I feel your pain. Is the printer function working on your machine? Does X-SANE rec...

Just when I thought I was in the clear, I find out that Duplex printing option is grayed out. Drats! It works fine on Windows 7 on same machine (separate HD disk). Solved: retraced my steps and found that the driver "recommended" during install was 7840w and not the 7860dw. Changed to 7860...

Yup, it took nearly a day to come across that little line to be added. I just stumbled on it in another post. I wish I knew what I was doing but this was just dumb luck and tenacity.
I since installed the drivers (and that line) and got two other Linux Mint boxes up and running in twenty minutes.

I was able to get the printer working (wired and wireless) but haven't been able to configure scanning. SANE website doesn't seem to be working to identify if this unit is supported but Brother site offers deb drivers. XSane and simple scan don't find any scanning devices. Are you in the scanner gr...

I was able to get the printer working (wired and wireless) but haven't been able to configure scanning.
SANE website doesn't seem to be working to identify if this unit is supported but Brother site offers deb drivers.
XSane and simple scan don't find any scanning devices.