Lexar CF Card Reader USB 2.0 on FC1

[John Thompson]

Temlakos wrote:
> On Fri, 2004-10-01 at 12:02, Mike Burger wrote:
> 
>>This might be a silly question, but do you have the reader plugged into a 
>>USB 2.0 slot?
> 
> 
> I don't think it is, actually. In my latest test the machine said
> *nothing* about this being USB 2.0. And this time, when the timeouts
> started, I pulled the plug on the device before any kernel panic set in.
> Then I logged in as root and initiated a controlled
> shutdown-with-reboot.
> 
> And before that happened, I got messages that correctly identified the
> reader as a Lexar, the medium as CF, and the size of the card as 128MB.
> 
> So is that the problem? I need to install FC into a brand-new machine
> that specifically has USB 2.0 so that the kernel will not panic?
> 
> Next question: Do I need a card reader designed for USB 1.1 and not 2.0?

It *shouldn't* matter; USB2 devices are supposed to be backwards 
compatible with USB1 hosts -- they'll just operate at USB1 speeds.

In practice, things might be different...


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-John (john at os2.dhs.org)