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David Moberg wrote:
>
> (Steven, please test these directions - I don't have
> a serial camera to test with)
> 
> 1) Verify that the serial port works correctly (if it 
> works for a modem it should work for a camera).

I used the same port as my mouse (it works).

> 2) Page through the output of 'gphoto2  --list-cameras | less' and
> find your camera.

Found my camera.

> 3) Plug in and turn on your camera.

I had to select "PC Connect" from my camera's onscreen menu.

> 4) Execute 'gphoto2 --port=serial:/dev/ttyS0 --camera="Camera name"

I think it should be: --port=/dev/ttyS0

It seems to be working fine.  Here's what I did step 
by step in BL3.
----------------------------------------------------
unzip bl3-40.zip
boot
pkg /DOS/baslin/gphoto2.tgz
insmod cdrom
insmod ide-cd
insmod isofs
mount /dev/hdc /mnt
pkg /mnt/slakware/a7/ldso.tgz
gphoto2 --list-cameras
gphoto2 --port=/dev/ttyS1 --camera="Kodak DC3200" -P
----------------------------------------------------
Then it transfered all 20 files from the camera.
Well done, David, it works fine with my DC3200.
Thank you for making this available to us.

My I suggest that you add the necessary stuff from 
ldso.tgz to your gphoto2.tgz.  That would make the 
installation much simpler for users.

Cheers,
Steven