We have some disk duplicators that run some version of Mandrake Linux.

All of the machines are down and the stupid company that made them wants $500 per machine to fix it.
I would like to extract the disk copy software from Linux so I can try to install it on Windows.

Is this possible?

If it was written for Linux, then no.  your best best would be to install it on one of the following distro's:  Mandriva(actually is mandrake renamed), Mageia, or PCLinuxOS which were derived off mandrake.  Probably would work on most linux distributions, but keeping it similar would be easiest.

The program might actually be quite common in multiple repositories of many different distros.

It could be as easy as make a bootable disk with the distro of your choosing and go back to work.

There's really nothing you can do to get it on Windows short of running it in a VM or getting the source code and re-writing it to Windows.

Ok forget what I asked first.

New question.


How can I fix the non working mouse? It doesnt work via USB or PS2.

I'd try updating (some linux distros use the term upgrading but it's the Windows/Mac definition of an update). Generally you can Ctl + Alt + F(1,2,3,4,5,6) into a different screen that doesn't have a GUI launched (so command line). A little research on the inter webs will show you the process of how to update for Mandrake. You may run into sudo/root problems (think Admin privileges). I'm not quite sure how you'd figure out the login info if you don't log into the machine though.

Does the mouse work on another PC?  Just tried swapping in a new mouse yet?

dmesg | grep HID should grab all the input type devices,  is your keyboard and mouse listed there?

[jake@lnx ~]$ dmesg |grep HID
usbhid: v2.6:USB HID core driver
generic-usb 0003:045E:0095.0001: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.11 Mouse [Microsoft Microsoft IntelliMouse® Explorer] on usb-0000:00:1a.0-1/input0
microsoft 0003:045E:00DB.0002: input,hidraw1: USB HID v1.11 Keyboard [Microsoft Natural® Ergonomic Keyboard 4000] on usb-0000:00:1a.0-2/input0
microsoft 0003:045E:00DB.0003: input,hidraw2: USB HID v1.11 Device [Microsoft Natural® Ergonomic Keyboard 4000] on usb-0000:00:1a.0-2/input1


yeah MS ergo keyboard and mouse on my linux box.

Nice! lol :)