[gentoo-user] Seeking recommdations for multi-card reader.

[gentoo-user] Seeking recommdations for multi-card reader.

[John J. Foster]

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® 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?

Boy - I just read this over, and the fact that I've been up close to 30
hours has severely affected my grammar. Apologies.

Thanks,
John
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Re: [gentoo-user] Seeking recommdations for multi-card reader.

[Colin]

John J. Foster wrote:

>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® 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 
internally/externally and has Secure Digital, Multimedia Card, 
SmartMedia, xDigital, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro, CompactFlash, 
MicroDrive and a 4-pin FireWire 400 port (pass-through, you need a 
FireWire port somewhere on your computer).

I've only tested it with an SD card, and it seems to work perfectly.

To use this, you need to compile in SCSI support (the same you need for 
USB Mass Storage) and make sure you select the "Probe all LUN's" option.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Seeking recommdations for multi-card reader.

[John J. Foster]

On Wed, Jul 13, 2005 at 10:01:17PM -0400, Colin wrote:
> I've got an AFT PRO-9.  It's a 9-in-1 connects via USB 2.0 
> internally/externally and has Secure Digital, Multimedia Card, 
> SmartMedia, xDigital, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro, CompactFlash, 
> MicroDrive and a 4-pin FireWire 400 port (pass-through, you need a 
> FireWire port somewhere on your computer).
> 
> I've only tested it with an SD card, and it seems to work perfectly.
> 
> To use this, you need to compile in SCSI support (the same you need for 
> USB Mass Storage) and make sure you select the "Probe all LUN's" option.
> 
Thanks Colin. It seems to get some pretty good reviews elsewhere too.

John
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Re: [gentoo-user] Seeking recommdations for multi-card reader.

[John J. Foster]

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On Wed, Jul 13, 2005 at 10:01:17PM -0400, Colin wrote:
> John J. Foster wrote:
> 
> >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® 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 
> internally/externally and has Secure Digital, Multimedia Card, 
> SmartMedia, xDigital, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro, CompactFlash, 
> MicroDrive and a 4-pin FireWire 400 port (pass-through, you need a 
> FireWire port somewhere on your computer).
> 
> I've only tested it with an SD card, and it seems to work perfectly.
> 
> To use this, you need to compile in SCSI support (the same you need for 
> USB Mass Storage) and make sure you select the "Probe all LUN's" option.
> 
> --
> 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
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