[ale] USB/CF Reader and Linux

[Christopher R. Curzio]

Where would you find the brand-specific driver for something like this?

Is there a generic one?

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Christopher R. Curzio
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Thus Spake David Corbin <dcorbin at imperitek.com>:
Sun, 19 May 2002 16:50:27 -0400


> Christopher R. Curzio wrote:
> 
> >Hello all.
> >
> >I made a stop today at a K-Mart that is going out of business, just
> >looking around to see what goodies I might be able to pick up. I found
> >a nice little Memorex USB Compact Flash reader for $15.00. I couldn't
> >let it sit there, you see, so it came home with me. I don't know what
> >the regular price is, but $15 is a good enough price for me.
> >
> >Anyway, I really don't have any idea how to get it working in Linux.
> >Obviously USB needs to be working, but once that's up and running, how
> >would I mount the CF card? How do I tell the system "Hey, there's a CF
> >reader on the USB port. Recognize it, and mount on /mnt/cf."
> >
> >Anyone have any resources on the web for this kind of thing?
> >
> >Thanks.
> >
> Not only do you need a driver for USB, you need a driver specific to the
> Memorex CF Reader.  If there is one, and its loaded (and you've got USB 
> storage enabled), then it looks like a SCSI drive.  Mine (a Sandisk one)
> is /dev/sda1.
> 
> Be sure you have the latest 2.4 Kernel.
> 
> FYI, mine as ~$30 at BestBuy in January.
> 
> 
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