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From: Don Marti <dmarti@zgp.org>
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Subject: Re: [svlug] USB Drives with Linux?
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 20:44:36 -0800
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begin John Conover quotation of Sat, Dec 13, 2003 at 03:33:44AM -0000:
> Do any of the USB Flash Drives work with Linux?
They're pretty standard so they all should. If your
distribution doesn't detect and mount one automatically,
see this article from the December Linux Journal:
http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=6867
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From: J C Lawrence <claw@kanga.nu>
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Subject: Re: [svlug] USB Drives with Linux?
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Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 01:07:21 -0500
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John Conover <conover@rahul.net> wrote:
> Do any of the USB Flash Drives work with Linux?
AFAIK they all do. Just build your kernel with USB Mass Storage
support.
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From: Dan Martinez <dfm@area.com>
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Subject: Re: [svlug] USB Drives with Linux?
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Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 04:02:43 -0800
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J C Lawrence wrote:
> > Do any of the USB Flash Drives work with Linux?
>
> AFAIK they all do. Just build your kernel with USB Mass Storage
> support.
Actually, you'll need a few more things besides that.
1. SCSI Disk Support.
2. The VFAT file system. (This isn't *strictly* needed, as you could
probably build the Linux filesystem of your choice on the flash
drive, but most of them come preformatted in VFAT, and neither a
Mac nor a Windows PC is going to know what to make of, say, an
ext3 filesystem. Also, pretty much all digital cameras, MP3
players, and PDAs expect their flash storage to be VFAT-
formatted.)
3. Native Language Support (NLS) for Codepage 437 and possibly ISO
8859-1. (I found that without this, Linux could read the contents
of the drive, but would not write to it.)
Having the USB Device Filesystem and Hotplug support enabled certainly
doesn't hurt, either, although I haven't turned them off just to see
how difficult the process is without them. The list above may not be
exhaustive.
I've successfully used a PQI Intelligent Stick, a Lexar JumpDrive
Trio, and a PPA 6-in-1 Card Reader with Linux. (Gentoo 1.4, running
version 2.4.20-r9 of the gentoo-sources kernel, to be specific.)
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From: Karl Larsen <k5di@zianet.com>
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Subject: Re: [svlug] USB Drives with Linux?
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Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 05:59:46 -0700 (MST)
To: John Conover <conover@rahul.net>
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On 13 Dec 2003, John Conover wrote:
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> Do any of the USB Flash Drives work with Linux?
Yes they do. There is Flash software on Red Hat 9 that correctly
identified my USB scanner and a USB transiever to a router.
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From: J C Lawrence <claw@kanga.nu>
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Subject: Re: [svlug] USB Drives with Linux?
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Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 11:27:19 -0500
To: Dan Martinez <dfm@area.com>, John Conover <conover@rahul.net>,
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On Sat, 13 Dec 2003 04:02:43 -0800
Dan Martinez <dfm@area.com> wrote:
> J C Lawrence wrote:
>>> Do any of the USB Flash Drives work with Linux?
>> AFAIK they all do. Just build your kernel with USB Mass Storage
>> support.
> Actually, you'll need a few more things besides that.
> 1. SCSI Disk Support.
True, USB Mass Storage won't work without it. USM-MS is essentially
SCSI over USB.
> 2. The VFAT file system.
Aye, I'd assumed that.
> 3. Native Language Support (NLS) for Codepage 437 and possibly ISO
> 8859-1. (I found that without this, Linux could read the contents of
> the drive, but would not write to it.)
I don't have that built in and to date have not had problems. Of course
YMMV as I've a tiny sample size.
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