[newbie] USB Memory Stick questions

2004-06-10 Thread Edgars Smits
I'm running 10 Official (kernel 2.6.3-7) and have a 256 MB memstick. Mandrake sees it and lets me read and write to it (fat32), but it seems to take forever - an 80MB copy from it took me over an hour. 1) whats am I doing wrong that it's taking so long? Is it the fat32 format? 2) I need to pass

[newbie] USB memory stick/ Gnome2.4 install?

2003-09-14 Thread Brooks3J
Hello all For those of you who helped me with my memory stick problem, I think it's a non-issue for now. I think my usb ports are dead. Which is not a bad thing since I can justify buying a new pc now to my wife. :) This one is fairly old. But thanks for your help, anyway. My new task

Re: [newbie] USB memory stick/ Gnome2.4 install?

2003-09-14 Thread ed tharp
On Sun, 2003-09-14 at 11:29, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello all For those of you who helped me with my memory stick problem, I think it's a non-issue for now. I think my usb ports are dead. not to sound stupider than usual, but how do you know the ports are dead? Which is not a bad

[newbie] USB memory stick

2003-09-12 Thread Brooks3J
Hi, I saw the thread about USB mass storage devices, but I'm not sure if what I'm talking about is the same thing, so I apologize if it is. I'purchased one of those USB memory sticks (made by GE) and it works great for my laptop (WinXP; sorry, I need to keep a Win machine for school) but I

Re: [newbie] USB memory stick

2003-09-12 Thread RichardA
On Fri, 12 Sep 2003 10:41:39 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I saw the thread about USB mass storage devices, but I'm not sure if what I'm talking about is the same thing, so I apologize if it is. I'purchased one of those USB memory sticks (made by GE) and it works great for my laptop

Re: [newbie] USB memory stick

2003-09-12 Thread Brooks3J
RichardA [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It should work. What do you mean by 'won't recognise'? Does /mnt/removable get created? If so, try to mount it: mount /mnt/removable. As root, Run tail -f /var/log/messages and plug it in. Does something happen? (CTRL-C to end this). Richard By not

Re: [newbie] USB memory stick

2003-09-12 Thread RichardA
On Fri, 12 Sep 2003 12:57:22 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: By not recognize I mean, I get nothing from the computer showing the memory stick. /mnt/removable does not get created (not that I can see, anyway) and here are the results of trying the mount command per your instructions:

[newbie] USB memory stick

2003-03-24 Thread Paul Kaplan
I have access to a Fujifilm 256Mb USB memory stick. Anyone know what device type should be used to call this in /etc/fstab? Since it is readable by default from win98, I assume it is formated as vfat. Can anyone confirm. So: mount -t vfat /dev/??? /mnt/removable Y/N? TIA Paul Want to

Re: [newbie] USB memory stick

2003-03-24 Thread Rob Blomquist
On Monday 24 March 2003 02:02 pm, Paul Kaplan wrote: I have access to a Fujifilm 256Mb USB memory stick. Anyone know what device type should be used to call this in /etc/fstab? Since it is readable by default from win98, I assume it is formated as vfat. Can anyone confirm. Don't sweat

Re: [newbie] USB memory stick access

2002-03-12 Thread Dr Joe Brand
My apologies. The site does say a smart card reader. However, I am reading a memory stick from my Sony camera. If you go to the Zio home page you will see a ZiO! for Memory Stick. My point was that I was searching for help on a way to access the device. That site helped.

Re: [newbie] USB memory stick access

2002-03-11 Thread Dr Joe Brand
I found a good web site for my memory stick reader: http://www.csc.calpoly.edu/~hjew/zio/ There is a SDDR09-HOWTO the help point me in the right direction. I was able to read the memory stick. Thanks Joe FemmeFatale wrote: If you'd like I can scan an article on

[newbie] USB memory stick access

2002-03-06 Thread Dr Joe Brand
Hi, How can I access my memory stick reader via the USB port? Joe Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] USB memory stick access

2002-03-06 Thread FemmeFatale
If you'd like I can scan an article on how to get USB any device with USB to work, including the stick. Would that be helpful? I got the article from a UK magazine called Linux Format. Femme Dr Joe Brand wrote: Hi, How can I access my memory stick reader via the USB port?

Re: [newbie] USB memory stick access

2002-03-06 Thread Dr Joe Brand
That would be great! I learning as I go... Thanks, Joe FemmeFatale wrote: If you'd like I can scan an article on how to get USB any device with USB to work, including the stick. Would that be helpful? I got the article from a UK magazine called Linux Format.