Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2003 08:09:58 +0400 From: Vladik Kozin <epbox@yandex.ru> To: Scott Mitchell <scott+freebsd@fishballoon.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: USB Flash Memory Drives support under FreeBSD Message-ID: <200306090809.58515.epbox@yandex.ru> In-Reply-To: <20030608162837.GB26871@tuatara.fishballoon.org> References: <200306081948.36329.epbox@yandex.ru> <20030608162837.GB26871@tuatara.fishballoon.org>
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On Sunday 08 June 2003 20:28, you wrote: > On Sun, Jun 08, 2003 at 07:48:36PM +0400, Vladik Kozin wrote: > > =09Are such devices as for instance, IBM MagicKey, PQI Intelligent St= ick, > > USBdrive, ThumbDrive and other USB Flash Memory Drives, supported by > > FreeBSD. I know most of them are supported by Linux, so one doesn't = have > > to install any drivers before use. > > =09I've checked Hardware Notes for both 4.8 and 5.0 Releases - nothin= g > > approprate :( > > Hi Vladik, > > funnily enough, this has just been discussed over on the -stable list. = The > consensus seems to be that most USB mass storage devices will just work= -- > especially those that don't need any special drivers on Windows or (bet= ter > yet) Linux. This has certainly been my experience with various memory = card > readers and 'pen drives'. > > Some devices might need a 'quirk' entry adding to the kernel to cope wi= th > their particular weirdness. These are pretty easy to add if you don't = mind > rebuilding your kernel. =09I surely never mind doing this :) Once you've got a working source for= your=20 kernel, you'll never get into big problems, cause each time you need to a= dd=20 only a few strings. So, you always can say which strings happened to beco= me a=20 problem. > > I fully agree that the existing documentation isn't as helpful as it co= uld > be. I was going to put together some changes to make it clearer what i= s > actually supported, which you have now reminded me about :-) > > Cheers, > > =09Scott =09Thanks for you answer. I was going to buy one of those 'pen drives' fo= r=20 myself. Nothing seems to prevent me from doing this now :) I believe its=20 always a good idea to check the compatibility of the hardware one's going= to=20 buy with the OS used. =09Best regards. Vladik
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