From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1E0lQa-0006KO-RZ for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 04 Aug 2005 19:30:53 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j74JTIm1028955; Thu, 4 Aug 2005 19:29:18 GMT Received: from may.frognet.net (may.frognet.net [69.58.0.69]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j74JPgDV008027 for ; Thu, 4 Aug 2005 19:25:43 GMT Received: by may.frognet.net (Postfix, from userid 17714) id 3ED2443D14; Thu, 4 Aug 2005 15:26:26 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2005 15:26:26 -0400 From: "John J. Foster" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Seeking recommdations for multi-card reader. Message-ID: <20050804192625.GC10569@may.frognet.net> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <20050714015343.GA13212@may.frognet.net> <42D5C76D.8070007@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="bAmEntskrkuBymla" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <42D5C76D.8070007@gmail.com> Organization: Representing the Mambo User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i X-Archives-Salt: 616d815e-4969-4b86-91a6-28c2e06e14ae X-Archives-Hash: 487a3a6b2f6c0f475ba14565fbbae5e1 --bAmEntskrkuBymla Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Jul 13, 2005 at 10:01:17PM -0400, Colin wrote: > John J. Foster wrote: >=20 > >Good evening all. My San Disk ImageMate dual reader said goodbye to our > >family today. She should have left a few months ago. > > > >So, what I'm searching for is a replacement reader. I saw some good > >reviews for ImageMate=AE 8-in-1 Reader/Writer. I don't really need all > >eight, but so what. What I'd really like, though, is the ability plug > >and unplug cards while the reader remains attached via usb2 or firewire. > >My old San Disk gave me problems for years. Sometimes no connection. > >Sometimes inserted card could be any of sdb[1-15]. Udev helped with this > >a little, but basically the reader was a POS (for you wtf users). I'm > >looking for something that will react the same every time. > > > >Any recommendations? > > > I've got an AFT PRO-9. It's a 9-in-1 connects via USB 2.0=20 > internally/externally and has Secure Digital, Multimedia Card,=20 > SmartMedia, xDigital, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro, CompactFlash,=20 > MicroDrive and a 4-pin FireWire 400 port (pass-through, you need a=20 > FireWire port somewhere on your computer). >=20 > I've only tested it with an SD card, and it seems to work perfectly. >=20 > To use this, you need to compile in SCSI support (the same you need for= =20 > USB Mass Storage) and make sure you select the "Probe all LUN's" option. >=20 > -- > Colin Colin, Thanks for the good advice. I meant to write back earlier, but ....... Although I've only used the CF port so far, all 4 physical ports were correctly recognized, and the appropriate devices created. Life is good again. John --=20 Contrary to the lie machine, the world is not safer. --bAmEntskrkuBymla Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFC8mvh4FEnevDNLQ4RAisXAKCoDu8aLjLC/lYRvPDCXog/bV014QCfejS3 +eVuJpYXHBjq9a4fSJMfsu0= =Hv6E -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --bAmEntskrkuBymla-- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list