From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 8 21:09:55 2003 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 A4BD737B401 for ; Sun, 8 Jun 2003 21:09:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from thong.s2s.msu.ru (thong.s2s.msu.ru [193.232.119.74]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD53943FBF for ; Sun, 8 Jun 2003 21:09:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from epbox@yandex.ru) Received: from hq.sectorb.msk.ru (petaflop.lcm.msu.ru [193.232.113.220]) by thong.s2s.msu.ru (Postfix) with ESMTP id A729B4623F; Mon, 9 Jun 2003 08:09:53 +0400 (MSD) Received: from vlad.local (vlad.local [172.16.8.9]) by hq.sectorb.msk.ru (Postfix) with ESMTP id 028BD13268; Mon, 9 Jun 2003 08:09:52 +0400 (MSD) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1251" From: Vladik Kozin To: Scott Mitchell Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2003 08:09:58 +0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.4.3 References: <200306081948.36329.epbox@yandex.ru> <20030608162837.GB26871@tuatara.fishballoon.org> In-Reply-To: <20030608162837.GB26871@tuatara.fishballoon.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <200306090809.58515.epbox@yandex.ru> cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: USB Flash Memory Drives support under FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: epbox@yandex.ru List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2003 04:09:55 -0000 On Sunday 08 June 2003 20:28, you wrote: > On Sun, Jun 08, 2003 at 07:48:36PM +0400, Vladik Kozin wrote: > > =09Are such devices as for instance, IBM MagicKey, PQI Intelligent St= ick, > > USBdrive, ThumbDrive and other USB Flash Memory Drives, supported by > > FreeBSD. I know most of them are supported by Linux, so one doesn't = have > > to install any drivers before use. > > =09I've checked Hardware Notes for both 4.8 and 5.0 Releases - nothin= g > > approprate :( > > Hi Vladik, > > funnily enough, this has just been discussed over on the -stable list. = The > consensus seems to be that most USB mass storage devices will just work= -- > especially those that don't need any special drivers on Windows or (bet= ter > yet) Linux. This has certainly been my experience with various memory = card > readers and 'pen drives'. > > Some devices might need a 'quirk' entry adding to the kernel to cope wi= th > their particular weirdness. These are pretty easy to add if you don't = mind > rebuilding your kernel. =09I surely never mind doing this :) Once you've got a working source for= your=20 kernel, you'll never get into big problems, cause each time you need to a= dd=20 only a few strings. So, you always can say which strings happened to beco= me a=20 problem. > > I fully agree that the existing documentation isn't as helpful as it co= uld > be. I was going to put together some changes to make it clearer what i= s > actually supported, which you have now reminded me about :-) > > Cheers, > > =09Scott =09Thanks for you answer. I was going to buy one of those 'pen drives' fo= r=20 myself. Nothing seems to prevent me from doing this now :) I believe its=20 always a good idea to check the compatibility of the hardware one's going= to=20 buy with the OS used. =09Best regards. Vladik