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Thank you again for this new suggestion: I will try and I hope to be able to
do the proper way.
Grazie.
Regards,

Giuseppe
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From: <baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org>
To: <baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2007 6:53 AM
Subject: Re: [BL] usb ports in bl2/bl3


> 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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