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I tried to reply to his thread once before but it must have been stomped 
somewhere. I just wanted to suggest one more option for getting usb to 
work. - you could run BL in qemu and just load your usb device via qemu 
as whatever device you like - BL should see it just fine.



baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org wrote:
> Hi,
> By default Baslinux uses kernel 2.2.26.
> In general kernels 2.4.x have better support for USB,
> but some Linux distributions have backported the usb
> code to 2.2.x kernels.
> Bottom line: if you want better support for USB in 
> Baslinux just change the kernel and modules.
> I use kernel 2.5.0 that came bundled with Peanut Linux
> 9.1 and I have to load these modules for using usb
> flash memory:
> insmod usb-core.o
> insmod usb-uhci.o
> insmod usb-storage.o
> Then I mount the usb flash with:
> mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mypc/usb
>
>
> Hope this helps.
> Bye!
> -HHMM
>
> --- baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org wrote:
>
> > Message from Steven
> > ===================
> > Giuseppe wrote:
> > > I just added 4 USB 2.0 ports.
> > Is that a PCMCIA card (for laptop)?  BL3 can access
> > normal PCMCIA cards, but not cardbus (which has a
> > row of gold pimples).
> >
> > > What should I do to use? 
> > I do not have any USB hardware, so I have no
> > personal
> > experience using USB with BL3.  However, IIRC other 
> > BL3 users have said that USB keyboards, mouses and 
> > printers do work.  
> >
> > > Is it possible to use the ports for a samsung
> > laser
> > > printer (linux compatible since 2.2.x ), 
> > Probably.
> >
> > > a scanner 
> > Maybe.
> >
> > > and usb keys? 
> > Probably not.  IIRC people could not get BL3 to work
> > with USB storage devices.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Steven
> >
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