[ltp] Re: External USB drive

Rei Shinozuka linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Thu, 20 Jan 2005 23:33:54 -0500


funny this is coming up, i was just thinking about getting a USB2 card
for my T23, and discovered through quick research that many of the
PCMCIA USB2 cards are really bad.  are there any that people have
had first-hand luck using?

thanks,

-rei

On Jan20 16:04, Charles E Taylor IV wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 12:42:37 -0500
> Matt Graham <danceswithcrows@usa.net> wrote:
> 
> > If the T30 doesn't have a USB2 chipset, a PCMCIA USB2 card will be the 
> > best bet.  HTH,
> 
> Just be careful with what kind you get.  NEC-based cards, for instance,
> are supported, but a kernel bug breaks them in 2.6.6-2.6.10
> (though they should work fine with the original poster's 2.4 kernel).

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Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com
Ridgewood, New Jersey