Re: Adding new USB Storage device?

From: Dances With Crows (danSPANceswitTRAPhcrows_at_usa.net)
Date: 08/27/04 

Date: 27 Aug 2004 17:37:23 GMT

On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 10:02:51 -0700, Ed Skinner staggered into the Black
Sun and said:
> What's involved in adding support for a new USB storage device? The
> device in question is now listed as supported but on the older Linux
> (Red Hat 8) system I have, the device isn't recognized (as supported).

USB device support is all done in the kernel, so upgrade your kernel to
the latest version available. There may be a prebuilt RPM for a 2.4.24
or so kernel for the ancient Redhat 8. Try that first.

If that doesn't work, read the Kernel-Compilation HOWTO, download the
2.4.26 source tarball from kernel.org, untar it, "make menuconfig", set
all the options appropriately following the directions in the HOWTO,
"make bzImage modules modules_install", add the new kernel to your GRUB
or LILO configuration, rerun LILO if necessary, reboot. I always build
my own kernels from official source because I don't trust Redhat or
indeed any distro manufacturer to get it right. YMMV. HTH, 

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