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[Diana Duncan <art2mis AT nc.rr.com>]

We have both 8.2 and 9.0 installed, and I would prefer it to work for 9.0, as 
the 8.2 is still around just while we're checking out 9.0.

Most of what I've read about the ones that work, it all seems to be pretty 
much plug-and-play.  I think we're going to pick up the Imation FlashGO -- 
anyone have any experience with that one?

Thanks,
Diana

On Thursday 17 October 2002 03:41 pm, you wrote:
> On Thu, 2002-10-17 at 15:11, Diana Duncan wrote:
> > I realize this question would be best posted to TriLug, but I'm not a
> > member nor do I wish to be...and I know there are lots of lovely Linux
> > users on this list.
> >
> > Has anyone set up a USB SmartMedia card reader/writer for Mandrake?  I'm
> > particularly interested in brands/models that you've had success or
> > failure with.  I've found a few sites with listings, but I'd also like
> > the first-hand experiences of people I know and trust.
>
> Hi Diana,
>
> What version of Mandrake are you running?  I've set up Mandrake
> to read/write a USB compact flash reader/writer before.  I don't
> know if that's the same as your "USB SmartMedia", but it's the
> closest I can do. :-)
>
> Anyway, under Mandrake 8.2 I had problems because apparently
> the code to do that came from a patch from Alan Cox's tree that
> RedHat 7.3 applied and Mandrake 8.2 didn't.  I believe, however,
> that it went into the main 2.4.19 kernel and that it should
> work with Mandrake 9.0, which uses the new kernel.
>
> If it doesn't, try looking at the contents of the file /var/log/messages
> when you plug in the smart media and see what device it
> assigns it to.  My smart card reader/writer gets assigned
> the device /dev/sdb (the second scsi disk, since my system
> disk is the first one), so I can just mount it with this command
>
> mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/flash
>
> (assuming, of course, the directory /mnt/flash exists).
>
> If you have more questions, feel free to e-mail me directly.
>
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