[ale] USB/CF Reader and Linux

[MCover]

I good site for info in this issues is http://www.linux-usb.org/

give it a try - it may help

M...

"Christopher R. Curzio" <ale at accipiter.org> wrote:

>Where would you find the brand-specific driver for something like this?
>
>Is there a generic one?
>
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>Christopher R. Curzio
>http://www.accipiter.org
>:wq!
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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. Â If there is one, and its loaded (and you've got USB 
>> storage enabled), then it looks like a SCSI drive. Â 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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