From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: chuck gelm Subject: Re: USB Flash/Jump Drives-Linux?? Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2005 22:48:57 -0500 Message-ID: <41FC5929.70409@gelm.net> References: <20050129140343.GA599@lnx2.w8mch.ampr.org> Reply-To: chuck@gelm.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20050129140343.GA599@lnx2.w8mch.ampr.org> Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: haltec@kvinet.com Cc: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org 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. Hi, Hal: I have a SanDisk Cruzer micro (128 MB) and just plugged it into 3 systems running kernel-2.4.22 (Slackware 9.1) and 1 laptop running kernel-2.4.26 (Slackware 10.0) and all reported a new USB device and SCSI Emulation for Mass Storage Devices assigned it sda:sda1 I think that 'hotplug' helps to accomplish this automagically. So, these devices support USB and if your linux kernel supports 'SCSI emulation' and USB, it should work. I think. HTH, Chuck - 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