[ale] OT: but on Linux; Flash card memory card reader/writer

[Scott Castaline]

On 01/20/2010 03:50 PM, Jim Kinney wrote:
> So far every one I've tried has either "just worked" or was DOA
> hardware. Some have been stupid (like the card must be inserted _before_
> the USB cable is connected) but most are just fine with nothing to tweak
> on the Linux side.
>
> Internal vs. external depends on preference and availability of an
> internal USB header. I once ran a USB cable outside the box to an
> external port through a notch I cut in a slot cover :-) The internal
> unit came with no way to connect to a header, just a standard USB type A.
>
Bummer, you'd thing that it would have a header type of connector being 
an internal unit. Was that made by someone owned by Micro$haft?

> On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 2:59 PM, Scott Castaline <skotchman at gmail.com
> <mailto:skotchman at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Looking for a card reader/writer that will support most current card
>     types. I am running Fedora 12 x86_64. Are there any gotchas, that I need
>     to watch for? Also, Internal vs. external, any benefits of one over the
>     other, or is it just personal preference?
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