On 25-Nov-2002 Brett Fenton wrote: > I've got a couple of these and have been without much difficulty been > able to get them up and going under linux (RedHat and Debian). > > I'll note you need the following compiled into the kernel: > > SCSI support > SCSI disk support > SCSI generic support > USB mass storage support
not true. These can all be compiled as kernel modules. > The units I have all have by default DOS FAT16 filesystems on them so > you'll also need > > DOS FAT support it's far better to run fdisk and repartition as you like (or of you're going to use the whole disk for Linux, just flip the partition type to 83, and mke2fs (or use reiser, or ext3, whichever you might prefer). > As far as I'm aware most standard installs don't by default build a > kernel with these functions, though possibly some do. actually, probably all *do* (in the form of kernel modules). best rgds, -Greg +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ You can release software that's good, software that's inexpensive, or software that's available on time. You can usually release software that has 2 of these 3 attributes -- but not all 3. | Greg Hosler [EMAIL PROTECTED] | +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
