From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 20 07:22:12 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0042416A4CE for ; Sun, 20 Mar 2005 07:22:12 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ms-smtp-01-eri0.socal.rr.com (ms-smtp-01-qfe0.socal.rr.com [66.75.162.133]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C8AE143D1D for ; Sun, 20 Mar 2005 07:22:11 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rmarella@gmail.com) Received: from [10.0.0.101] (cpe-66-8-191-104.hawaii.res.rr.com [66.8.191.104])j2K7M8Ff025518; Sat, 19 Mar 2005 23:22:09 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <423D24A0.3000209@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 21:22:08 -1000 From: Robert Marella User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20050312 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Peer_B=F6hm?= References: <423B9296.7040700@sv-bg.com> <423BEE99.3030002@gmx.de> In-Reply-To: <423BEE99.3030002@gmx.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Question: USB block dev, Olympus Camedia digital camera X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 07:22:12 -0000 Peer Böhm wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I am new to BSD-style operating systems, and currently reading about and > seriously considering a migration from Linux to free BSD on my home machine. > > Before I do that, I would like to make sure (as far as possible) that my > critical applications will continue to work, one way or the other. > > It seems that the Olympus Camedia (C-1) digital camera does have some > quirks that require a cludge for the kernel, so it can be mounted as a > block dev for my Linux kernel version, although I hear that newer > kernels do support that quirk out of the box. > > I was wondering, whether anyone here is using such a camera under > freeBSD, and can tell me whether it can be mounted under 5.3 without > such a hack. > > Thanks in advance, > Peer > ___ Hello Peer I have an Olympus Camedia 3000 Zoom and it will not work directly connected via usb with FreeBSD. Your best bet is to get a usb card reader and then plug your card into it. I find it quicker and easier doing it that way. Good Luck Robert