From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jim Nelson Subject: Re: USB Flash/Jump Drives-Linux?? Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2005 13:40:13 -0500 Message-ID: <41FBD88D.4010009@cwazy.co.uk> References: <5.1.0.14.1.20050129075916.02be0cc0@celine> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.1.20050129075916.02be0cc0@celine> Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: Ray Olszewski Cc: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org, haltec@kvinet.com Ray Olszewski wrote: > At 09:03 AM 1/29/2005 -0500, Hal MacArgle wrote: > > >> Greetings: Running Slackware 9.0 and 9.1; kernels 2.4.20 or 2.4.22, >> bare.i installation, I've experienced good support for all USB >> devices except Flash Drives. >> >> First one bought was a Link-Max UL-641 that, plugged in, was >> immediately accessible by the kernel with no configuring by me.. >> >> Later attempts with other brands, no such luck.. As I look at the >> retail boxes not a single one mentions Linux, so was wondering what >> others have discovered.. It's no fun buying then returning just to >> see what works or doesn't... >> >> Most of the comments on the Web seem to indicate this is not a >> problem but I've found otherwise.. One vendor, Kingston, said flat >> out that Linux is not supported by their devices.. >> >> Best and TIA. > > > > I've only used one of these drives, a Lexar 256 MB JunpDrive Secure. > Since I compile my own kernels, I did have to recompile (2.4.21, I > think), turning on several USB options and SCSI (the standard way to > access USB drives uses SCSI emulation), but then had no difficulty on my > own systems ... and a couple of embedded Linux systems, using their > manufacturers' stock kernels, also accessed the drive with no difficulty. > I have also had good success with my Lexar 128MB JumpDrive. Just tested my brother's PNY Attache 128MB with a 2.6.10 kernel - works fine as well. You may want to try a 2.6 kernel - Fedora core 3 or Slackware 10. A lot of USB stuff has been merged into 2.6. Jim - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs