[BL] USB card reader
sindi keesan
keesan at sdf.lonestar.org
Sat Oct 15 11:24:33 EDT 2005
On Sat, 15 Oct 2005, Sheldon Isaac wrote:
> On 15 Oct 2005 at 2:36, sindi keesan wrote:
>> Has anyone successfully used BL2 or BL3 with SW8.1 kernel and a USB card
>> reader? If so, what is the procedure?
>>
>> I have photopc and a serial cable for the Olympus digital camera, which
>> worked fine for downloading 1MB of photos via serial cable for a different
>> camera, but after a 5 week trip this newer camera has over 50 MB of files
>> and at 10KB/sec it would take quite a while and use up a few sets of
>> batteries.
>>
>> We tried with Win98 and gave up, and with WinXP but it did not come with
>> the required drivers for the Smartmedia card reader. I tried with Redhat 7
>> which found the hardware but I had no idea what to do next.
>>
>> Linux seems to need uhci or ohci something-or-other.
>
>
> It's been a few months, but let's see what I can remember:
>
> I'd been using Windows 98 (2nd edition), and wanted to get the pictures
> from my new camera. It worked fine with the camera's docking cradle
> (provides battery charging and a USB outlet & cable), after installing the
> drivers from the CD.
My camera has no docking cradle.
>
> But then I mail-ordered an SD card reader with a USB connection.
> Windows identified the "new hardware", but was unable to find Win98 drivers
> (the reader didn't come with software, and I downloaded some which didn'tt
> work)
>
I had the same experience with 98 and the downloaded drivers also did not
work.
> I used the 'live CD' of DamnSmallLinux, and it found the USB device (sd03,
> or some such??), and let me access the files on the SD card.
Thanks for that idea, I will try it soon. Another list member mailed me a
DamnSL CD a while ago. But I would also like to know how to use BL with
a USB kernel and this camera (and eventually other USB devices if needed).
I could also look for a PCMCIA adaptor like we have for the CF card.
>
> Don't recall any more, such as what kernel or modules or whatever.
> It's been several months since I used Linux
>
> Thanks,
> Sheldon
>
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