On 2008-12-14, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <h...@debian.org> wrote: > On Sat, 13 Dec 2008, ZephyrQ wrote: >> mix/edit/burn on my home machine. It has a USB port, but I've tried a >> few things (including some BIOS settings) and I can't get it to read my >> thumb drives (they work on all other machines, including the linux >> ones). It does not have a cd-burner on it and I've tried to use the > > It is old enough that it could be USB 1.0. Not many stuff nowadays > will work with it, but you can buy an CardBus or PCMCIA card with USB > 1.1 or USB 2.0 ports cheaply. Does your thinkpad have a working > CardBus/PCMCIA slot?
I have a Thinkpad 390E and also an older Toshiba, both running Debian testing. For USB 2.0 I use a PCMCIA-USB adapter plus a powered USB hub. I also have a cheap PCMCIA-CF (Compact Flash) adapter that is slower but less complicated. Both laptops are on my home network (wired or wireless), which is what I use most of the time. The IBM 390E has a built-in serial port and an ethernet port on the dock. Regards, Howard E. Ottawa -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
