JohnSwenson;602250 Wrote: > The problem is that the Touch is NOT windows based, its linux based. A > fair number of sticks include windows specific code which gets executed > when you plug the stick into a windows computer. These will NOT work on > a Touch. > > The things to look out for are anything which mentions special features > such as security, passwords etc. This guarantees it uses windows > specific code to access the stick. Any hint of special "features" means > it probably will not work with the Touch. > > A lot of SanDisk sticks have special features. I've had much better > luck with Kingston sticks. The secret is to go online and look at the > specific model you are interested in and see if its compatible with > linux, not just windows. Even though Kingston includes some special > features with many of their sticks, they have specifically designed > them so they will still work with linux. I have a several of these > Kingston drives and they work great with the Touch. > > John S. > > John S.
I agree. Sandisk Flash drive come with allsorts of rubbish on them (back up stuff), often divided into partitions on the drive which are generally great for most people. They do however do a program free on their website that allows you to do a full format, merge these partitions and get rid of their proprietry programs. I use a Sandisk Flash drive that works just fine with my Touch once you can see the drive to it's full extent. Many modern Flash drives only show a very small partition to run their software to access the full lot and this is what you need to remove. Hope that helps. -- Waldo Pepper ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Waldo Pepper's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84726 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
