At 3:09 PM -0700 10/6/2002, Tim Sullivan wrote: >Hello List, > >I am having no success using compact flash card readers (or >readers/writers) on my machines. All systems are 9.1 and I read that >that Mac OS'es after 8.5 have usb mass storage drivers included in >the extensions suite.
While the mass storage driver may be standard, not all mass storage devices can owrk with it, especially older ones. I think the mass storage protocol was standardized when people figured out they were all writing the same basic driver for their product. By developing a standard protocol and driver for it people can create USB mass storage devices and not have to write, distribute and support a custom driver. > > I originally _was_ happily using a Feiya single slot >reader/writer. When I first bought it, it seemed I had to download >some driver updates from Apple --even though I was using Mac OS 9.1 >(which is supposed to have all that good stuff)-- to get it to work. > > Everything was fine, until I did a clean install on another disk >for my main system. I thought the CF CR died, so I bought another >one. It didn't work. I tried switching back to my old system to no >avail. I bought a third unit, Memorex, and that didn't even work. > > Now, I am going to do a clean install of OS 9 on a separate hard >drive, and see what happens. If this works, I'll upgrade the system >to 9.1 > > Incidentally, I have downloaded drivers from various of these >vendors, but they either do not work; the installer says that they >are not needed and doesn't install them or the installer says that it >Cannot Run On This Machine >;^p ! I have had to install the USB driver support on every 9.1 equipped machine I've installed a USB PCI card on. In all cases I installed OS 9.1 before putting in the USB card so that may be an issue. The drivers probably don't load if there is no card. A tool I've found particularly useful in debugging this is the Devices and Volumes tab in Apple System Profiler. If it lists a PCI card but doesn't identify it as a USB card then it is seeing the card but doesn't have drivers for it. If it does list the USB card and lists the USB device but doesn't correctly identify it then it's probably that the drivers for that device aren't present. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting [EMAIL PROTECTED] "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
