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Subject: Re: USB storage "dongles" and umass driver
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On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 10:13 am, Tom Parquette wrote:
> The question I have is, are these devices generic enough that other
> manufacturer's devices will work with the umass driver?

I have tried a few, my own one is an Apacer which works great, I have used 
some others, but they did not have brand names on them so I dont even know 
what they are. I am not certian, but there is a special windows driver which 
has existed since 98 to support these things, and every device developed I 
have seen just uses this generic windows driver, so I suspect it works the 
same way in FreeBSD (that most umass devices are identical in their driver 
requirements).  

When I purchased mine, I asked them if I could return it if it was not 
compatable with my OS and they said yes, so thats the best option I think, 
just by it from a shop which will let you return it.

 - jacob

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