Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 09:55:57 -0700 From: Steve Franks <bahamasfranks@gmail.com> To: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: can't find an internal flash reader that doesn't crash 7.1 Message-ID: <539c60b90902270855m48146275kfcd2dcdb37bab2b7@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <ade45ae90902261703l7d89a1afga790941141e1826f@mail.gmail.com> References: <539c60b90902261504v6ad28a0cm166efeef6945ee8d@mail.gmail.com> <ade45ae90902261703l7d89a1afga790941141e1826f@mail.gmail.com>
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> i just bought a store-brand one at Best Buy at the local shop, internal 3= .5" > USB dongle that plugs into the motherboard header.=A0 I think it's a 7-in= -1 > (or is it up to 14-in-1???) > > Works well, but the devfs has a little trick that if you slip in a USB dr= ive > after bootup, you have to write 0 bytes to the devname to have it recogni= ze > slices and partitions...=A0 might be easier to restart devfs or something= .. Ok, check, I get it - "be patient, and we're fixing the usb stack, already". I was just looking for a solution for *this* week. I've ran current before, but given all the traffic and arguing over usb2 lately, I'm sure not going to install it just to get the card reader going on my *work* desktop, I might as well take a couple days off. Again, not being critical, I just don't like the answers that say, well, obviously, everyone has 10 hours to tweak their system instead of spending $9 on a new reader that works with the old stack. Buying hardware that works has always been a legitimate option - just look at all the people asking about laptops, motherboards, and even NICs. I have personally found very few card readers that reliably detect a card, then allow you to mount and use it on 7.1 without a freeze, or a crash on mount or *after* or *during* unmount (I'm not a reformed ubuntu user, I don't just rip the card out and expect it to work). More typically, however, they just never show a card inserted. I'm going to have to try the "write 0 bytes" trick mentioned, maybe that looks like it will take me from 75% dead readers to 75% working readers. Several of my working readers under 6.3 quit under 7.x. The only brand that I've found to be a slam dunk is "i-rocks" and they don't make an internal. The guys working on usb2 should get a donation of about 50 cases of beer a piece when this is over - anyone want to start a pool? Steve
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