On Wednesday 24 July 2002 07:41 pm, you wrote: > On Tuesday 23 July 2002 03:00 am, you wrote: > > On Mon, 22 Jul 2002 11:28:25 -0500 > > > > Joseph Braddock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Are you plugged in through a hub or directly to a usb port? PNY > > > recommends going direct to the USB port for Windows. Not sure why it > > > should make a difference, though. > > > > > > Again, I'm using the SmartMedia reader not the CompactFlash reader. I > > > also have the stock 8.2 kernel loaded and I am running devfs (you > > > might try turning it on/off depending on whether it is on or off now). > > > > > > It sounds like the reader is detected okay, but it is failing to > > > assign it to a scsi port. You could try to manually create the scsi > > > port under /dev and see if that fixes it. It would be something like > > > /dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target0/lun0/disc. Upto /disc, everything is > > > just a folder. I'm not sure how to create the /disc part which is the > > > actual device, though. > > > > This might be part of his problem. I had a lot of problems with my > > camera at first -- it was detected and everything, but finding where the > > h*ll devfs put it was a pain. So i turned off devfs and suddenly the > > camera was /dev/sda1, right where i expected it to be. Haven't had any > > probelms with it since. > > > > hth, > > Ron, I am very sure that 7.2 is useable on a 486 cause that is the > distribution that the SNF is based on and I have it running on a 800meg hd > although it is a pentium class processor. But the whole idea was that an > older minimal machine could be the firewall. 7.2 worked well for me and is > a kick butt firewall. HTH Don't know how this got appended here it was and is shown as a reply to darklords' post. Sorry
-- Dennis M. linux user #180842
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