You're not the only one. The USB-IF is trying to put a class-compliance test in place for mass storage, but it hasn't been implemented yet.
Matt On Fri, Jul 11, 2003 at 09:09:26AM -0700, Stephen J. Gowdy wrote: > Sorry I misunderstood what the logo meant. > > On Fri, 11 Jul 2003, Matthew Dharm wrote: > > > On Fri, Jul 11, 2003 at 06:55:28AM -0700, Stephen J. Gowdy wrote: > > > If they have the USB2 logo on them then they should work. > > > > Not necessarily. The logo does not indicate any meaningful compliance with > > the usb-storage specification. > > > > > On Fri, 11 Jul 2003, Simon Haynes wrote: > > > > I guess the question boils down to this: Are all external USB2 drives > > > > interchangeable? I scanned the linux-USB home page and found an entry for > > > > 'usb external 2.5' which said 'working' but of course I can't get the > > > > manuf/device id until I plug the thing in. > > > > They are not all interchangeable. Unfortunately, without knowing the > > chipset inside, the only way to tell if it will work is to try it. > > > > Matt > > > > > > -- > /------------------------------------+-------------------------\ > |Stephen J. Gowdy | SLAC, MailStop 34, | > |http://www.slac.stanford.edu/~gowdy/ | 2575 Sand Hill Road, | > |http://calendar.yahoo.com/gowdy | Menlo Park CA 94025, USA | > |EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Tel: +1 650 926 3144 | > \------------------------------------+-------------------------/ -- Matthew Dharm Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Maintainer, Linux USB Mass Storage Driver Okay, this isn't funny anymore! Let me down! I'll tell Bill on you!! -- Microsoft Salesman User Friendly, 4/1/1998
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