[Gllug] Linux-supported CF card readers

[Adrian McMenamin]

On Thu, 2006-07-20 at 22:43 +0100, Mike Brodbelt wrote:
> Adrian McMenamin wrote:
> >> I have a truly ancient Sitecom CN-300 which has always worked with 
> >> Mandrake, can't remember when I bought it but it has to be 4 years at least.
> > 
> > I thought about this last night and I think it was probably about 4 (and
> > not 2) years ago that I last investigated. Certainly before the release
> > of 2.6.0 - so at least three years.
> > 
> > Must just conclude 2.6.x support much better than 2.4.x
> 
> I bought an early one about 4 years ago and had problems. I think many
> of them then presented themselves as custom USB devices and included
> Windows drivers. Since then, manufacturers have figured out that it's
> much cheaper to present them as USB mass storage and piggyback on the
> driver support built into the OS - that way they get Linux and Mac
> compatibility for free. I haven't seen one that doesn't work for a long
> time now.

Yep, el cheepo card reader that I bought from Morgan's on New Oxford
Street today worked fine. Thanks for all the assurances that I had
nothing to fear :)

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