[ltp] Handy little device (& cheap!)

David Tansey linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Tue, 4 Jan 2005 10:22:35 -0500


Marius,

thanks for the tip. i'll look around.

Indeed it doesn't work in linux. apparently there specs have
been opened recently so there is hope of developing a driver.
i have found no official statements though. 

if you're considering the x40 get it. it's an amazing little
machine.

-david

---- Original message ----
>Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2005 00:13:51 +0200
>From: Marius Gedminas <mgedmin@b4net.lt>  
>Subject: Re: [ltp] Handy little device (& cheap!)  
>To: linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
>
>On Fri, Dec 31, 2004 at 09:01:58AM +0200, David Tansey wrote:
>> I just bought a palm t3. i want to have access to an SD
card. what
>> sd-to-cf adapter did you use? it's been reliable? no
special drivers?
>
>I'm using a noname SD-to-USB adapter that I bought from a
local hardware
>shop for about $10.  It worked like a charm right out of the
box (as a
>USB mass storage device).
>
>> i am running ubuntu on an x40 so i have things pretty up to
date. 
>
>In other words, the SD slot on x40 does not work in Linux,
just as I
>suspected.  Or is it that only some x40 models have a
built-in SD card
>slot?
>
>Marius Gedminas
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